fclose
fclose
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
fclose — Closes an open file pointer
Description
bool fclose ( resource $handle )
The file pointed to by handle is closed.
Parameters
-
handle -
The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen().
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 A simple fclose() example
<?php
$handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
fclose($handle);
?> See Also
- fopen() - Opens file or URL
- fsockopen() - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection
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