fpassthru()

fpassthru - Output all remaining data on a file pointer

Syntax

int fpassthru (resource $handle)

Arguments

• handle - The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen() (and not yet closed by fclose()).

Description

Reads to EOF on the given file pointer from the current position and writes the results to the output buffer.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

If an error occurs, fpassthru() returns FALSE. Otherwise, fpassthru() returns the number of characters read from handle and passed through to the output.