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SplFileObject::getFlags

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

SplFileObject::getFlags — Gets flags for the SplFileObject

Description

public function SplFileObject::getFlags(): int

Gets the flags set for an instance of SplFileObject as an int.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns an int representing the flags.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::getFlags() example

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject(__FILE__, "r");

if ($file->getFlags() & SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY) {
    echo "Skipping empty lines\n";
} else {
    echo "Not skipping empty lines\n";
}

$file->setFlags(SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY);

if ($file->getFlags() & SplFileObject::SKIP_EMPTY) {
    echo "Skipping empty lines\n";
} else {
    echo "Not skipping empty lines\n";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Not skipping empty lines
Skipping empty lines

See Also


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