PHP/File Directory/fclose

Close a file you have opened with fopen( ), use fclose( ).

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<?

   $filename = "data.txt";
   $handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
   $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
   fclose($handle);
   print $contents;

?>

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fclose() function closes the file

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int fclose (int filepointer) <?

   $file = "data.txt";
   if (file_exists($file)) :
        $fh = fopen($file, "r");
        fclose($fh);
   else:
        print "File $file does not exist!";
   endif;

?>

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