SplFileObject::ftell

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileObject::ftell — Return current file position

public function SplFileObject::ftell(): int|false

Returns the position of the file pointer which represents the current offset in the file stream.

This function has no parameters.

Returns the position of the file pointer as an integer, or false on error.

Example #1 SplFileObject::ftell() example

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("/etc/passwd");

// Read first line
$data = $file->fgets();

// Where are we?
echo $file->ftell();
?>