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* Added 2 reading functions Added : fopen for reading, fread function and file_get_contents function. * Update index.md * Update index.md
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title: File Reading
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## File Reading
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PHP prepared File Reading functions to ease user to only retrieve information outside PHP.
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### fopen("fileName.txt", "r")
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Before we read a file, we need to prepare the file in PHP using fopen function reading mode("r"). The $fileHandler will be the file handler variable in the file reading operation.
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```PHP
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<?php
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$fileHandler = fopen("fileName.txt", "r");
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?>
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```
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### fread()
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After the desired file to be read has been prepared for reading, user can proceed to fread function to read contents of the file.
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```PHP
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<?php
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$content = fread($fileHandler, filesize("fileName.txt"));
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?>
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```
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Content in the file "file.txt" will be stored in the variable $content.
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### file_get_contents()
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This file reading function is rather easy. This function doesn't need the file to be prepare by fopen().
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```PHP
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<?php
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$content = file_get_contents("fileName.txt");
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?>
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```
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#### More Information:
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<!-- Please add any articles you think might be helpful to read before writing the article -->
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- [fopen Function](http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php)
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- [fread](http://php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php)
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- [filesize](http://php.net/manual/en/function.filesize.php)
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- [file_get_contents](http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php)
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