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PHP 5 Arguments for Opening a File

 
Argument        Description 
r               Opens a file for reading 
r+              Opens a file for both reading and writing 
w               Opens a file for writing only 
w+              Opens a file for reading and writing 
a               Opens a file for appending (write-only) 
a+              Opens a file for appending (read/write) 
X               Creates a file and opens it for writing only 
x+              Creates a file and opens it for reading and writing 


<?php 
$file = "data.txt"; 
if (file_exists ($file)){ 
    try { 
        if ($readfile = fopen ($file, "r")){ 
            $curvalue = fread ($readfile,100); 
            echo $curvalue; 
        } else { 
            throw new exception ("the file could not be opened."); 
        } 
    } catch (exception $e) { 
        echo $e->getmessage(); 
    } 
} else { 
    echo "File does not exist."; 
} 
?>
  
  








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