readfile
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
readfile — Outputs a file
Description
int readfile
( string $filename
[, bool $use_include_path
[, resource $context
]] )
Parameters
-
filename
-
The filename being read.
-
use_include_path
-
You can use the optional second parameter and set it to TRUE, if
you want to search for the file in the include_path, too.
-
context
-
A context stream resource.
Return Values
Returns the number of bytes read from the file. If an error
occurs, FALSE is returned and unless the function was called as
@readfile(), an error message is printed.
Notes
Note: Context support was added
with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to
Stream Functions.