stream_get_contents

Description

Identical to file_get_contents(), except that stream_get_contents() operates on an already open stream resource and returns the remaining contents in a string, up to maxlength bytes and starting at the specified offset.

Parameters

Return Values

Returns a string, or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1. stream_get_contents() example <?php if ($stream = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r')) {     // print all the page starting at the offset 10     echo stream_get_contents($stream, -1, 10);     fclose($stream); } if ($stream = fopen('http://www.example.net', 'r')) {     // print the first 5 bytes     echo stream_get_contents($stream, 5);     fclose($stream); } ?>

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