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bnowse nteyace Panttcudan serven

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data uhtess tou spectttcally4
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the to

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Example

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head
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head
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hpsessfon php
stpsdng data in sesstons

Sored yon PUnchase, $ 39.35

To Aead yow Puchase hahew pae,dick hue

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Tthe data you aTe

thts
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49 Php
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htm
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@phpsessfon 2. php
Rebuieving data from esstons

Nelcome.You punchabe b $A.a5

 File Handltng:

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Php a

wdte 4tes n the Seven sstems.

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PHp Can deal with the 91esidlg on

any seAVA

bath" http and

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FTP Paotonl.
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AL 4ies opeatfons PHP
ve fanction6.
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le
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to
that Prepanes the te
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ths paognamn Valabls
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performS thasse
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two nameters,
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path to &
the
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ndicatan Cmode) who
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opendtion
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the tle an the 4he vaüable.

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oper
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w operv pa neading and witAng and

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the end the 4 . I the ile des hot

eaist, akempt to ceate t .

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the le alneady éxtsts the
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fo neadtna and wiRa
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call wu fa
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veading out so

the pe actess peisfo dtd na alo

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and stops the

t Simply piodces a message

ahe use' a dte.

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the pocblem fopenfaLltng because the
does nat exdsts Can e 5 avotded
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the teosts oith
by deteminêng wheathen
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anamete . The les names 4 atun6 TRUE 4

the 4te extsts FALSE athenuise

unta

pilexists C"pilenarme ")

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html
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2php
handle fopen C"ftle.. tat, 'a")
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 Output

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Cpentng a fle

Fle opened, ok.

Readtna Fom a Fle -

to ead a fiz i
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bntet nto sealar vasiable
PHp o mOYe

% a sting.

The fread. Aunctfon aeads path an all at a

a stsdng uhat uas ead,

file and 9netu-ens

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A fe vastable.

t) The numben at oytes insoamation

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maukes a6 9ead e the
the end o e
numben 4 b y t e s has been ead.
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data ae Okten Stoaed
Lange eollectfon a
database Sstems. So only Small, data, Sats

ae stoned

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<2php
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fopen C"4le.+tt ", *a");
uohtle (feog ($handie))

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lbody7
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file.tat

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data
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clased wth he pclose Auncton

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uktch takes a file vastabe as ony
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html7
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cbody7
4lhiz
4h7 Reading aom a tfie
42php
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4text fqers (¢handle)s

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falose (4handle)
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4lbody
4l htmly
Output:

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rom a fle
Readtng
Hene

youn
data

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akesa ile name as dspaNameten and neuans

an anay he Jenes o the 4le.

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body7
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42 php
sdata 4ile C"fle.tot")
foneach (data as 4umber => $lfne)

echo LEne $number : ",3Lne, "zbn7"

4l body
htaml7
Olttput :

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ne o t Hene

Lene is
Kinc 2 Youn
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fgets which takes two panameens.

vantable
t The tle
the ne to be
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veadi
&ynta9t

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whle Cfeoh (4handie))

text4qets C4handle)

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etec)

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text e tustng the fgetc c)

Suntaa

faeteCrle vaniable);

Example
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l head
body
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42php
"

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uwhile ($chan - fqetc ($handle)

Cgchan = = " In")

$Cha '<baz"s

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felose (4hand le)

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output:

Readtng chanactonsfrom a flle.-php

Reading chanactens fnom a pile

Hene

data

Getting e size nith l e atye :

he
To get the Coanect le Jength nwih

slze functfon
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shgle
the name t h e lle Cno
the 4
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ptleatge"¢floname "):
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head7 4RHey GeHtng tle stze
kbody '

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bytes ong
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2l body
kl html

Outpeut:

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she neat
ahd aherc
where a le
write cpenatfonn OCcutstom.
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to the bagining o the u.

hen u open a {ie en appending the te

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f300k Chandle,ofeaet,[ tant potnter]) ;

handle - Js the handle a he 40e to ee the l e

pointenh
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sek the aperaten pointw.

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pointen wich one hesa Constants.

SEER-SET the le
keg?rîng athe

locatfon.
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Can oP es uth dthe cop

functfon

Stan:

COPy (0ece, desttnatfon)

the souce tue.

Souce Name e

Desttnaton Name c he copy.

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Sutessfu FALSE theyuse.

Example:
html
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hiz Copyhg talus <lhiz
9php
$FMeftle.tat
$Py copy tt "
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echo copled. $tfe "
3
else

ech ould rat coP Fte

7
4ody7
lhtml7

Output:

@Copingftes-php
Copybng rles
opted. fa.tat
Deletfna files wih unlink:

a file Ustng the

Ne want delete

unltnk unctton

Sunta

nlink (filename [ contextJ)

lename Name et the l

Context optBonal context

TRUE the l e s
Thfs Punctfoh netunns

FALSE Othenwtse.
Cas deleted

EXample :

headr <Rtte7 Deletfng ftles <14tHe7 <lhead7

Abody
Ples <lhiz
htr peleing
22php
Cunltnk C'Copy tut ")
echo"Peleted the le '
3
else
echo coud nat delete the file ";

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 output

@deletfngfssphp
Deleting Fls

Delcted the ftie.

Natfng to a filewih fonite-

Ne want to ite a strlng do a f

tue Could use fuuite.

Sytaz

fuosite Cfilk -vaxtale ing engthJ) |

*PHP has a Single functfon to ute to

a fie waita. It takes t o parameteso

*he stsdng do ba itten to the e .

*he fuwnte functfon aetushs the

the numben

an
4dytos wükten c FALSE thee werL
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khtml 7

<head
fTAes <lbRtte7
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theadr

hody
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lhiz
huz witfng HCtes
<lcenten7
43 php
shandlefopen C "dara.trt ', "uw ");
=

t e n t . "s
t e t "Hene \n \ n the
FALSE)
Cfodte (Çhandte, ètext) = =

echo "can nat wite data.trt "

else

echo wsited data.tat ";

felose c4handle) ;

<lbody7 zlhtnd7

@rittng ftles-php
wHng fTles
hote data. txt