php-doc-en/reference/filesystem/functions/ftruncate.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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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 then the file
is extended with null bytes.
</para>
<para>
If <parameter>size</parameter> is smaller than the file then the file
is truncated to that size.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>File truncation example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$filename = 'lorem_ipsum.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, 'r+');
ftruncate($handle, rand(1, filesize($filename)));
rewind($handle);
echo fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</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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