RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #5008: readfile(), flag to read file into a string

Sorry, that one got away from me... > > > It would be useful if readfile() was able to read a file into a > > string in addition to read it into an array... > > readfile() doesn't read a file into an array, it outputs a file to stdout. > file() reads a file into an array. Using it to read a file into a string > can be accomplished with the simple example given in the manual for the > file(0 function: > $fcontents = join( '', file( 'http://www.php.net' ) ); would read a file into a string. .mike