Programming PHP, 2nd Edition

Name

fopen

Synopsis

int fopen(string path, string mode[, bool include])

Opens the file specified by path and returns a file resource handle to the open file. If path begins with http://, an HTTP connection is opened and a file pointer to the start of the response is returned. If path begins with ftp://, an FTP connection is opened and a file pointer to the start of the file is returned; the remote server must support passive FTP.

If path is php://stdin, php://stdout, or php://stderr, a file pointer to the appropriate stream is returned.

The parameter mode specifies the permissions to open the file with. It must be one of the following:

R	Open the file for reading; file pointer will be at beginning of file.
r+	Open the file for reading and writing; file pointer will be at beginning of file.
W	Open the file for writing. If the file exists, it will be truncated to zero length; if the file doesn’t already exist, it will be created.
w+	Open the file for reading and writing. If the file exists, it will be truncated to zero length; if the file doesn’t already exist, it will be created. The file pointer starts at the beginning of the file.
A	Open the file for writing. If the file exists, the file pointer will be at the end of the file; if the file does not exist, it is created.
a+	Open the file for reading and writing. If the file exists, the file pointer will be at the end of the file; if the file does not exist, it is created.

If include is specified and is true, fopen( ) tries to locate the ...