php-doc-en/reference/filesystem/functions/ftruncate.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.ftruncate">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ftruncate</refname>
<refpurpose>Truncates a file to a given length</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>ftruncate</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>size</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Takes the filepointer, <parameter>handle</parameter>, and truncates the file to
length, <parameter>size</parameter>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>handle</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The file pointer.
</para>
<note>
<para>
The <parameter>handle</parameter> must be open for writing.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>size</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The size to truncate to.
</para>
<note>
<para>
If <parameter>size</parameter> is larger than the file it is extended
with null bytes.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>size</parameter> is smaller than the extra data
will be lost.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>PHP 4.3.3</entry>
<entry>
Prior to this release <function>ftruncate</function> returned an
<type>integer</type> value of 1 on success, instead of
<type>boolean</type> &true;.
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
The file pointer is <emphasis>not</emphasis> changed.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>fopen</function></member>
<member><function>fseek</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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