Description
int readfile(string filename);
Reads a file and writes it to standard output.
Returns the number of bytes read from the file. If an error
occurs, false is returned and unless the function was called as
@readfile, an error message is printed.
If filename begins with "http://"
(not case sensitive), an HTTP 1.0 connection is opened to the
specified server and the text of the response is written to
standard output.
Does not handle HTTP redirects, so you must include trailing
slashes on directories.
If filename begins with "ftp://"
(not case sensitive), an ftp connection to the specified server is
opened and the requested file is written to standard output. If the server
does not support passive mode ftp, this will fail.
If filename begins with neither
of these strings, the file will be opened from the filesystem and
its contents written to standard output.
See also fpassthru(), file(),
fopen(), include(),
require(), and virtual().
Manual: readfile
