Question

How to get the current position of the file pointer in PHP

Answer 1

/*
int ftell ( resource $handle )
*/

$f = fopen("e:/datefile.txt", "r") or die("Error open file!");
echo ftell($f) . "<br />";
fgetc($f);
echo ftell($f) . "<br />";
fseek($f, "5", SEEK_CUR);
echo ftell($f) . "<br />";
fclose($f);

/*
run:

0
1
6

*/

 

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Answer 2

/*
int ftell ( resource $handle )
*/

$fp = fopen("e:/datefile.txt", "r") or die("Error open file!");
echo ftell($fp) . "<br />";
$s = fgets($fp, 3);
echo ftell($fp) . "<br />";
fclose($fp);

/*
run:

0
2

*/

 

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