PHP function stream_get_contents()

Availability in PHP 5.0

Reads remainder of a stream into a string

Parameters

Parameter	Data type	Default value	Note
$handle	resource	not	A stream resource (e.g. returned from fopen)
$maxlength	int	null,	The maximum bytes to read. Defaults to -1 (read all the remaining buffer).
$offset	int	null	Seek to the specified offset before reading.

Return values

string

|bool a string or false on failure.

Other resources

Official documentation for stream-get-contents