ftell
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
ftell — Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer
Description
ftell ( resource $handle ) : int
Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by handle
.
Parameters
Return Values
Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by handle
as an integer; i.e., its offset into the file stream.
If an error occurs, returns false
.
Note: Because PHP's integer type is signed and many platforms use 32bit integers, some filesystem functions may return unexpected results for files which are larger than 2GB.
Examples
Example #1 ftell() example
<?php // opens a file and read some data $fp = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r"); $data = fgets($fp, 12); // where are we ? echo ftell($fp); // 11 fclose($fp); ?>
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