file Reads entire file into an array arrayfile stringfilename intflags resourcecontext Similiar to file_get_contents, except that file returns the file in an array. Each element of the array corresponds to a line in the file, with the newline still attached. Upon failure, file returns &false;. The optional parameter flags can be one, or more, of the following constants: FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH Search for the file in the include_path. FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES Do not add newline at the end of each array element FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES Skip empty lines Prior to PHP 5.0.0 the flags parameter only covered include_path and was enabled with 1. $line) { echo "Line #{$line_num} : " . htmlspecialchars($line) . "
\n"; } // Another example, let's get a web page into a string. See also file_get_contents(). $html = implode('', file('http://www.example.com/')); ?> ]]> &tip.fopen-wrapper; Each line in the resulting array will include the line ending, unless FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES is used, so you still need to use rtrim if you do not want the line ending present. ¬e.line-endings; As of PHP 4.3.0 you can use file_get_contents to return the contents of a file as a string. In PHP 4.3.0 file became binary safe. ¬e.context-support; &warn.ssl-non-standard; See also readfile, fopen, fsockopen, popen, file_get_contents, include, and stream_context_create