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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>svn_cat</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns the contents of a file in a repository</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>svn_cat</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>repos_url</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>revision_no</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns the contents of the URL <parameter>repos_url</parameter> to
   a file in the repository, optionally at revision number
   <parameter>revision_no</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>repos_url</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       String URL path to item in a repository.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>revision_no</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Integer revision number of item to retrieve, default is the HEAD
       revision.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>

 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the string contents of the item from the repository on
   success, and &false; on failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &warn.experimental.func;
 </refsect1>

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 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   When does this function throw E_* level errors, or exceptions?
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>Enter the PHP version of change here</entry>
       <entry>Description of change</entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Basic example</title>
    <para>
     This example retrieves the contents of a file at revision 28:
    </para>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$contents = svn_cat('http://www.example.com/svnroot/calc/gui.c', 28)
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>svn_list</function></member>
    <member><link xlink:href="&url.svn.manual.cat;">SVN documentation on svn cat</link></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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