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The SplFileObject class

Introduction

The SplFileObject class offers an object oriented interface for a file.

Class synopsis

SplFileObject extends SplFileInfo implements RecursiveIterator , Traversable , Iterator , SeekableIterator {

/* Constants */

const integer DROP_NEW_LINE = 1 ;

const integer READ_AHEAD = 2 ;

const integer SKIP_EMPTY = 6 ;

const integer READ_CSV = 8 ;

/* Methods */

__construct ( string $filename [, string $open_mode = "r" [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resource $context ]]] )

public string|array current ( void )

public bool eof ( void )

public bool fflush ( void )

public string fgetc ( void )

public array fgetcsv ([ string $delimiter = "," [, string $enclosure = "\"" [, string $escape = "\\" ]]] )

public string fgets ( void )

public string fgetss ([ string $allowable_tags ] )

public bool flock ( int $operation [, int &$wouldblock ] )

public int fpassthru ( void )

public int fputcsv ( string $fields [, string $delimiter [, string $enclosure ]] )

public mixed fscanf ( string $format [, mixed &$... ] )

public int fseek ( int $offset [, int $whence = SEEK_SET ] )

public array fstat ( void )

public int ftell ( void )

public bool ftruncate ( int $size )

public int fwrite ( string $str [, int $length ] )

public void getChildren ( void )

public array getCsvControl ( void )

public int getFlags ( void )

public int getMaxLineLen ( void )

public bool hasChildren ( void )

public int key ( void )

public void next ( void )

public void rewind ( void )

public void seek ( int $line_pos )

public void setCsvControl ([ string $delimiter = "," [, string $enclosure = "\"" [, string $escape = "\\" ]]] )

public void setFlags ( int $flags )

public void setMaxLineLen ( int $max_len )

public bool valid ( void )

/* Inherited methods */

SplFileInfo::__construct ( string $file_name )

public int SplFileInfo::getATime ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getBasename ([ string $suffix ] )

public int SplFileInfo::getCTime ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getExtension ( void )

public SplFileInfo SplFileInfo::getFileInfo ([ string $class_name ] )

public string SplFileInfo::getFilename ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getGroup ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getInode ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getLinkTarget ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getMTime ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getOwner ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getPath ( void )

public SplFileInfo SplFileInfo::getPathInfo ([ string $class_name ] )

public string SplFileInfo::getPathname ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getPerms ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getRealPath ( void )

public int SplFileInfo::getSize ( void )

public string SplFileInfo::getType ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isDir ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isExecutable ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isFile ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isLink ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isReadable ( void )

public bool SplFileInfo::isWritable ( void )

public SplFileObject SplFileInfo::openFile ([ string $open_mode = r [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resource $context = NULL ]]] )

public void SplFileInfo::setFileClass ([ string $class_name ] )

public void SplFileInfo::setInfoClass ([ string $class_name ] )

public void SplFileInfo::__toString ( void )

}

Predefined Constants

SplFileObject::DROP_NEW_LINE: Drop newlines at the end of a line.
SplFileObject::READ_AHEAD: Read on rewind/next.
SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY: Skips empty lines in the file.
SplFileObject::READ_CSV: Read lines as CSV rows.

SplFileObject::__construct - Construct a new file object.
SplFileObject::current - Retrieve current line of file
SplFileObject::eof - Reached end of file
SplFileObject::fflush - Flushes the output to the file
SplFileObject::fgetc - Gets character from file
SplFileObject::fgetcsv - Gets line from file and parse as CSV fields
SplFileObject::fgets - Gets line from file
SplFileObject::fgetss - Gets line from file and strip HTML tags
SplFileObject::flock - Portable file locking
SplFileObject::fpassthru - Output all remaining data on a file pointer
SplFileObject::fputcsv - Output a field array as a CSV line
SplFileObject::fscanf - Parses input from file according to a format
SplFileObject::fseek - Seek to a position
SplFileObject::fstat - Gets information about the file
SplFileObject::ftell - Return current file position
SplFileObject::ftruncate - Truncates the file to a given length
SplFileObject::fwrite - Write to file
SplFileObject::getChildren - No purpose
SplFileObject::getCsvControl - Get the delimiter and enclosure character for CSV
SplFileObject::getCurrentLine - Alias of SplFileObject::fgets
SplFileObject::getFlags - Gets flags for the SplFileObject
SplFileObject::getMaxLineLen - Get maximum line length
SplFileObject::hasChildren - SplFileObject does not have children
SplFileObject::key - Get line number
SplFileObject::next - Read next line
SplFileObject::rewind - Rewind the file to the first line
SplFileObject::seek - Seek to specified line
SplFileObject::setCsvControl - Set the delimiter and enclosure character for CSV
SplFileObject::setFlags - Sets flags for the SplFileObject
SplFileObject::setMaxLineLen - Set maximum line length
SplFileObject::__toString - Alias of SplFileObject::current
SplFileObject::valid - Not at EOF

The SplFileObject class

Introduction

Class synopsis

Predefined Constants

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