FILE HANDLING IN

PHP.
Main contents:
 Creation of text
 Excel
 Word and pdf files
CREATION OF TEXT.

Functions in php that enables you to interact with the files.

1. fopen();
2. readfile();
3. fread();
4. fclose();
5. fgets();
6. feof();
And so on….
Simply there are many functions that enable to interact with files and text.
 3 main functions to consider.
1. fopen();
The first parameter of fopen() contains the name of the file to be opened and the second parameter
specifies in which mode the file should be opened. The following example also generates a message if
the fopen() function is unable to open the specified file.
2.fread();
The fread () function reads from an open file .
The first parameter of fread() contains the name of the file to read from and the second parameter
specifies the maximum number of bytes to read.
3. fclose();
The fclose(); function is used to close an open file .
The fclose() requires the name of the file ( or variable that holds the filename ) we want to close.
Th e following PHP codes reads the “ webdictionary.txt”:
Cont’d…

<?php
$myfile =
fopen("webdictionary.txt", "r") or die("Unable
to open file!");
echo fread($myfile,filesize("webdictionary.txt")
);
fclose($myfile);
?>
 Modes
Php modes specifies in which way the file is going to be opened. Summary of some php
modes in file handling:
Modes Description
r Open a file for read only. File pointer starts at the beginning of the file.
w Open a file for write only. Erases the contents of the file or creates a new file if it doesn't
exist. File pointer starts at the beginning of the file.
a Open a file for write only. The existing data in file is preserved. File pointer starts at the end
of the file. Creates a new file if the file doesn't exist.
x Creates a new file for write only. Returns FALSE and an error if file already exists.
r+ Open a file for read/write. File pointer starts at the beginning of the file.
w+ Open a file for read/write. Erases the contents of the file or creates a new file if it doesn't
exist. File pointer starts at the beginning of the file.
a+ Open a file for read/write. The existing data in file is preserved. File pointer starts at the end
of the file. Creates a new file if the file doesn't exist.
x+ Creates a new file for read/write. Returns FALSE and an error if file already exists.
PHP Write to File - fwrite()

 The fwrite() function is used to write to a file.

The first parameter of fwrite() contains the name of the file to write to and the second
parameter is the string to be written. The example below writes a couple of names into a new
file called "newfile.txt":
<?php
$myfile = fopen("newfile.txt", "w");
$txt = "Mickey Mouse\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
$txt = "Minnie Mouse\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
fclose($myfile);
?>
The difference between the append(“a”)
and write(“w”) mode.
The "w" mode overrides (and erases) the old content of the file, Where as The "a" mode appends text to the end
of the file.

For example: when we use write mode,

Assume we have the file called newfile.txt with the text of “I’m Khan!”
<?php
$myfile = fopen("newfile.txt", "w");
$txt = “Hello, world!\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
fclose($myfile);
?>
OUTPUT
Hello, world!
By using append mode

<?php
$myfile = fopen("newfile.txt", "a");
$txt = “Hello, world!\n";
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
fclose($myfile);
?>
OUTPUT
I’m Khan!
Hello, world!
WORD, EXCEL AND PDF FILES IN
PHP
PHP also enables use to interact with word, excel and pdf files. Although
php enables us to do so it is mostly advisable to use libraries to manipulate
them due to the following reasons: Their formats are proprietary and
understanding how to use them would require reverse-engineering which
would take a long time and much experience to do so. Also there is new
versions coming regularly that can add new features and come with the
modifications which can make reverse-engineering very difficult but
libraries are always updated to comply and go together with the newer
versions coming out.
EXCEL DOCUMENTS IN PHP

To work with excel files in php manually is a very difficult task.

The excel file format is a very complex binary format that consist
of various XML files compressed into a ZIP archive. That is why
we use mostly libraries to manipulate the excel files in php. Some
of the most commonly used libraries to interact with excel
documents are: PhpSpreadSheet, spout, Laravel-excel and many
more others.
WORD AND PDF FILES IN PHP

Php also enables us to interact and manipulate work and pdf files.
Also as for excel files interacting with word and pdf files
manually is somehow complicated. That is why it is preferred to
use libraries to access and manipulate those documents. Some of
the common libraries include: PhpOffice, PHPWordBundle for
word documents and TCPDF, Dompdf,… for pdf files.
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