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what is the meaning of this Resource id #4
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:33 am
by tinoda
i keep getting the: Resource id #4 as my output each time i try to run this script. where am i going wrong.
<?PHP
$file_contents = fopen("testFile.txt", "r");
print $file_contents;
fclose($file_contents);
?>
Re: what is the meaning of this Resource id #4
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:43 am
by VladSun
tinoda wrote:i keep getting the: Resource id #4 as my output each time i try to run this script. where am i going wrong.
<?PHP
$file_contents = fopen("testFile.txt", "r");
print $file_contents;
fclose($file_contents);
?>
It's a file handle. If you need the file contents use
filegetcontents instead of fopen OR you should read the file line by line -fgets(), or block by block - fread() after opening it.
Re: what is the meaning of this Resource id #4
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:51 am
by tinoda
It's a file handle. If you need the file contents use
filegetcontents instead of fopen OR you should read the file line by line -fgets(), or block by block - fread() after opening it.
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