note 27345 added to function.file-get-contents

From: Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 20:29:18 +0000
Subject: note 27345 added to function.file-get-contents
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Since file_get_contents() is identical to readfile(), except that it returns a string, you can just use output buffering to capture the output of readfile(), if you're looking for a version of this function for versions of php that don't have it: e.g. function file_get_contents($f) { ob_start(); $retval = @readfile($f); if (false !== $retval) { // no readfile error $retval = ob_get_contents(); } ob_end_clean(); return $retval; } You can use the same principle for any PHP function that outputs directly to the browser, instead of returning results in a variable. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+27345 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+27345 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+27345

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