PHP fclose() Function

The PHP fclose() function closes an open file.

Syntax

fclose(stream)

Parameters

stream Required. Specify the file pointer to close. It must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen().

Return Value

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Example:

Lets assume that we have a file called test.txt. This file contains following content:

This is a test file.
It contains dummy content.

In the example below, the file is opened using fopen() function. After performing the reading operation, it is closed using fclose() function.

<?php
//open the file in read mode
$fp = fopen("test.txt", "r") or 
         die("Unable to open file!");

//reading the file line by line
//and displaying the read content
while(!feof($fp)) {
  echo fgets($fp);
}

//close the file
fclose($fp);
?>

The output of the above code will be:

This is a test file.
It contains dummy content.

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