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SplFileObject::fgets

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileObject::fgets — Gets line from file

Description

public function SplFileObject::fgets(): string

Gets a line from the file.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string containing the next line from the file.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a RuntimeException if the file cannot be read.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::fgets() example

This example simply outputs the contents of file.txt line-by-line.

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("file.txt");
while (!$file->eof()) {
    echo $file->fgets();
}
?>

See Also


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