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SplFileObject::fwrite

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

SplFileObject::fwrite — Write to file

Description

public function SplFileObject::fwrite(string $data, ?int $length = null): int|false

Writes the contents of data to the file

Parameters

data

The string to be written to the file.

length

If the length argument is int, writing will stop after length bytes have been written or the end of data is reached, whichever comes first.

Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written, or false on error.

Changelog

Version Description
8.5.0 length is now nullable.
7.4.0 The function now returns false instead of zero on failure.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::fwrite() example

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("fwrite.txt", "w");
$written = $file->fwrite("12345");
echo "Wrote $written bytes to file";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Wrote 5 bytes to file

See Also


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