php-doc-en/reference/filesystem/functions/file-put-contents.xml
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.file-put-contents">
<refnamediv>
<refname>file_put_contents</refname>
<refpurpose>Write a string to a file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>int</type><methodname>file_put_contents</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>flags</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>context</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This function is identical to calling <function>fopen</function>,
<function>fwrite</function> and <function>fclose</function> successively
to write data to a file.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>filename</parameter> does not exist, the file is created.
Otherwise, the existing file is overwritten, unless the
<constant>FILE_APPEND</constant> flag is set.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Path to the file where to write the data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>data</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The data to write. Can be either a <type>string</type>, an
<type>array</type> or a <type>stream</type> resource.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>data</parameter> is a <type>stream</type> resource, the
remaining buffer of that stream will be copied to the specified file.
This is similar with using <function>stream_copy_to_stream</function>.
</para>
<para>
You can also specify the <parameter>data</parameter> parameter as a single
dimension array. This is equivalent to
<literal>file_put_contents($filename, implode('', $array))</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>flags</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The value of <parameter>flags</parameter> can be any combination of
the following flags, joined with the binary OR (<literal>|</literal>)
operator.
</para>
<para>
<table>
<title>Available flags</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Flag</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>
<constant>FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH</constant>
</entry>
<entry>
Search for <parameter>filename</parameter> in the include directory.
See <link linkend="ini.include-path">include_path</link> for more
information.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<constant>FILE_APPEND</constant>
</entry>
<entry>
If file <parameter>filename</parameter> already exists, append
the data to the file instead of overwriting it.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<constant>LOCK_EX</constant>
</entry>
<entry>
Acquire an exclusive lock on the file while proceeding to the
writing.
</entry>
</row>
<!-- FIXME PHP_6
<row>
<entry>
<constant>FILE_TEXT</constant>
</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>data</parameter> is written in text mode. If unicode
semantics are enabled, the default encoding is UTF-8.
You can specify a different encoding by creating a custom context
or by using the <function>stream_default_encoding</function> to
change the default. This flag cannot be used with
<constant>FILE_BINARY</constant>. This flag is only available since
PHP 6.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
<constant>FILE_BINARY</constant>
</entry>
<entry>
<parameter>data</parameter> will be written in binary mode. This
is the default setting and cannot be used with
<constant>FILE_TEXT</constant>. This flag is only available since
PHP 6.
</entry>
</row>
-->
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>context</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A valid context resource created with
<function>stream_context_create</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
This function returns the number of bytes that were written to the file, or
&false; on failure.
</para>
&return.falseproblem;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Simple usage example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$file = 'people.txt';
// Open the file to get existing content
$current = file_get_contents($file);
// Append a new person to the file
$current .= "John Smith\n";
// Write the contents back to the file
file_put_contents($file, $current);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>Using flags</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$file = 'people.txt';
// The new person to add to the file
$person = "John Smith\n";
// Write the contents to the file,
// using the FILE_APPEND flag to append the content to the end of the file
// and the LOCK_EX flag to prevent anyone else writing to the file at the same time
file_put_contents($file, $person, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</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>5.0.0</entry>
<entry>
Added context support
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.1.0</entry>
<entry>
Added support for <constant>LOCK_EX</constant> and the ability to pass
a stream resource to the <parameter>data</parameter> parameter
</entry>
</row>
<!--
FIXME PHP_6
<row>
<entry>6.0.0</entry>
<entry>
Added support for the <constant>FILE_TEXT</constant> and
<constant>FILE_BINARY</constant> flags
</entry>
</row>
-->
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
&note.bin-safe;
&tip.fopen-wrapper;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>fopen</function></member>
<member><function>fwrite</function></member>
<member><function>file_get_contents</function></member>
<member><function>stream_context_create</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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