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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.24 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.130 -->
  <refentry id="function.file-get-contents">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>file_get_contents</refname> 
    <refpurpose>Reads entire file into a string</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1 role="description">
    &reftitle.description;
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>file_get_contents</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>use_include_path</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>resource</type><parameter>context</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>maxlen</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para> 
     Identical to <function>file</function>, except that
     <function>file_get_contents</function> returns the file in a string,
     starting at the specified <parameter>offset</parameter> up to
     <parameter>maxlen</parameter> bytes.
     On failure, <function>file_get_contents</function> will return &false;.
    </para>
    <para>
     <function>file_get_contents</function> is the preferred way to read the
     contents of a file into a string.  It will use memory mapping techniques if
     supported by your OS to enhance performance.
    </para>
    <note>
     <para>
      If you're opening a URI with special characters, such as spaces, you
      need to encode the URI with <function>urlencode</function>.
     </para>
    </note>
    <note>
     <para>
      <parameter>context</parameter> parameter can be skipped by &null;.
     </para>
    </note>
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 role="changelog">
    &reftitle.changelog;
    <para>
     <informaltable>
      <tgroup cols="2">
       <thead>
        <row>
         <entry>&Version;</entry>
         <entry>&Description;</entry>
        </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
        <row>
         <entry>5.0.0</entry>
         <entry>
          Added the context support.
         </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry>5.1.0</entry>
         <entry>
          Added the <parameter>offset</parameter> and
          <parameter>maxlen</parameter> parameters.
         </entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </informaltable>
    </para>
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 role="notes">
    &reftitle.notes;
    &note.bin-safe;
    &tip.fopen-wrapper;
    &note.context-support;
    &warn.ssl-non-standard;
   </refsect1>

   <refsect1 role="seealso">
    &reftitle.seealso;
    <para>
     <simplelist>
      <member><function>file</function></member>
      <member><function>fgets</function></member>
      <member><function>fread</function></member>
      <member><function>readfile</function></member>
      <member><function>file_put_contents</function></member>
      <member><function>stream_get_contents</function></member>
     </simplelist>
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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