ftell
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ftell — Tells file pointer read/write position
Description
int ftell
( resource $handle
)
Parameters
-
handle
-
The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully
opened by fopen() or popen().
ftell() gives undefined results for append-only streams
(opened with "a" flag).
Return Values
Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by
handle
; i.e., its offset into the file stream.
If an error occurs, returns FALSE.
Examples
Example #1 ftell() example
<?php
$fp = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r");
$data = fgets($fp, 12);
echo ftell($fp); fclose($fp);
?>
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