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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Revision: 317827 $ -->

<refentry xml:id="streamwrapper.stream-seek" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>streamWrapper::stream_seek</refname>
  <refpurpose>Seeks to specific location in a stream</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type>bool</type><methodname>streamWrapper::stream_seek</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>whence</parameter> <initializer>SEEK_SET</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This method is called in response to <function>fseek</function>.
  </para>
  <para>
   The read/write position of the stream should be updated according to the
   <parameter>offset</parameter> and <parameter>whence</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>offset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The stream offset to seek to.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>whence</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Possible values:
       <simplelist>
        <member><constant>SEEK_SET</constant> - Set position equal to <parameter>offset</parameter> bytes.</member>
        <member><constant>SEEK_CUR</constant> - Set position to current location plus <parameter>offset</parameter>.</member>
        <member><constant>SEEK_END</constant> - Set position to end-of-file plus <parameter>offset</parameter>.</member>
       </simplelist>
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Return &true; if the position was updated, &false; otherwise.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

<!--
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 <refsect1 role="notes"><!-- {{{ -->
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <para>
    If not implemented, &false; is assumed as the return value.
   </para>
  </note>
  <note>
   <para>
    Upon success, 
    <methodname>streamWrapper::stream_tell</methodname> is called directly after
    calling <methodname>streamWrapper::stream_seek</methodname>. If
    <methodname>streamWrapper::stream_tell</methodname> fails, the return
    value to the caller function will be set to &false;
   </para>
  </note>
  <note>
   <para>
    Not all seeks operations on the stream will result in this function being
    called. PHP streams have read buffering enabled by default (see also
    <function>stream_set_read_buffer</function>) and seeking may be done by
    merely moving the buffer pointer.
   </para>
  </note>
 </refsect1><!-- }}} -->

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>fseek</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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