file_get_contents Reads entire file into a string &reftitle.description; stringfile_get_contents stringfilename booluse_include_pathfalse resourcecontext intoffset0 intmaxlen This function is similar to file, except that file_get_contents returns the file in a string, starting at the specified offset up to maxlen bytes. On failure, file_get_contents will return &false;. file_get_contents is the preferred way to read the contents of a file into a string. It will use memory mapping techniques if supported by your OS to enhance performance. If you're opening a URI with special characters, such as spaces, you need to encode the URI with urlencode. &reftitle.parameters; filename Name of the file to read. use_include_path As of PHP 5 the FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH constant can be used to trigger include path search. context A valid context resource created with stream_context_create. If you don't need to use a custom context, you can skip this parameter by &null;. offset The offset where the reading starts on the original stream. Seeking (offset) is not supported with remote files. Attempting to seek on non-local files may work with small offsets, but this is unpredictable because it works on the buffered stream. maxlen Maximum length of data read. The default is to read until end of file is reached. Note that this parameter is applied to the stream processed by the filters. &reftitle.returnvalues; The function returns the read data &return.falseforfailure;. &return.falseproblem; &reftitle.errors; An E_WARNING level error is generated if filename cannot be found, maxlength is less than zero, or if seeking to the specified offset in the stream fails. &reftitle.examples; ]]> PHP 5 $file = file_get_contents('./people.txt', FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH); ?> ]]> ]]> &example.outputs.similar; array( 'method'=>"GET", 'header'=>"Accept-language: en\r\n" . "Cookie: foo=bar\r\n" ) ); $context = stream_context_create($opts); // Open the file using the HTTP headers set above $file = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com/', false, $context); ?> ]]> &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 5.1.0 Added the offset and maxlen parameters. &reftitle.notes; ¬e.bin-safe; &tip.fopen-wrapper; &warn.ssl-non-standard; &reftitle.seealso; file fgets fread readfile file_put_contents stream_get_contents stream_context_create $http_response_header