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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="splfileobject.fread" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>SplFileObject::fread</refname>
<refpurpose>Read from file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis role="SplFileObject">
<modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>SplFileObject::fread</methodname>
<methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>length</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Reads the given number of bytes from the file.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>length</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The number of bytes to read.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the string read from the file &return.falseforfailure;.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example xml:id="splfileobject.fread.examples.basic">
<title><methodname>SplFileObject::fread</methodname> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Get contents of a file into a string
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt";
$file = new SplFileObject($filename, "r");
$contents = $file->fread($file->getSize());
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
Note that <methodname>SplFileObject::fread</methodname> reads from the current
position of the file pointer. Use <methodname>SplFileObject::ftell</methodname>
to find the current position of the pointer and <methodname>SplFileObject::rewind</methodname>
(or <methodname>SplFileObject::fseek</methodname>) to rewind the pointer position.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>fread</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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