Re: what is the main difference between fread() and readfile()?

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Sincerely
Negin Nickparsa


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Negin Nickparsa <nickparsa@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> fread
>> (PHP 4, PHP 5)
>>
>> fread — Binary-safe file read
>> Description ¶
>> <
>> http://us1.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php#refsect1-function.fread-description
>> >
>>
>> string fread ( resource $handle , int $length )
>>
>> fread() reads up to length bytes from the file pointer referenced by
>> handle.
>> Reading stops as soon as one of the following conditions is met:
>> readfile
>>
>> (PHP 4, PHP 5)
>>
>> readfile — Outputs a file
>> Description ¶
>> <
>> http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php#refsect1-function.readfile-description
>> >
>>
>> int readfile ( string $filename [, bool $use_include_path = false [,
>> resource $context ]] )
>>
>> Reads a file and writes it to the output buffer.
>>
>> in which condition it's better to use them? I confronted a question that
>> is
>> asking which of the following functions reads the entire contents of a
>> file?
>>
>> A.fgets
>>
>> B.file_get_contents
>>
>> C.fread()
>>
>> D.readfile()
>>
>> E.file()
>>
>> in my opinion the answer is B,C,D,E
>>
>> but the answer key is telling me the answer is B,D,E so fread for some
>> reason is not the answer and I cannot understand.
>>
>> *john coggshall and Marco Tabini  test book*
>>
>
> file_get_contents, file, and readfile all take the filename location as
> oppose to fgets/fread which require file pointers - requiring you to open
> the file first (via fopen for example).
>
​so fread is reading the entire file?​

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