RE: [PHP] File_get_contents()

> > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff McKeon [mailto:jmckeon@telaurus.com] > > Sent: 7 April 2005 1:03 pm > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] File_get_contents() > > > > > > Does anyone know if it's possible to have > file_get_contents() accept a > > file handle? > > > > $handle=fopen("/tmp/file","r"); > > file_get_contents($handle); > > > > This doesn't seem to work for me, it generates an error about first > > parameter needing to be a string. > > > > I've tried: > > > > file_get_contents('{$handle}'); > > > > But that doesn't work either... > > > > Thanks, > > > > jeff > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: George Pitcher [mailto:george.pitcher@ingenta.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 7:17 AM > To: Jeff McKeon > Subject: RE: [PHP] File_get_contents() > > > Jeff, > > Do you need to give it a handle? You can just point > 'file_get_contents' to the file, unopened. > > eg: file_get_contents("/tmp/file"); > > 'file_get_contents' can only read the contents so there's no > requirement to set a 'read' option. > > George > Sorry, What I'm actually doing is this. $handle=fopen("php//stdin/","r"); file_get_contents($handle); I should have put that in the original post, my bad. Now that I look at it, does anyone think this would work... file_get_contents("php//stdin/");