note 27345 deleted from function.file-get-contents by didou

Note Submitter: davidw[nospam]ensky.com ---- 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.