(PHP 3 <= 3.0.18, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)
readfile -- Outputs a file
Description
int readfile (string filename, int [use_include_path])
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.
Versions prior to PHP 4.0.5 do not handle HTTP redirects. Because of this, directories
must include trailing slashes.
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.
You can use the optional second parameter and set it to "1", if you want to search for the
file in the include_path, too.
See also fpassthru(), file(), fopen(), include(), require(),
and virtual().
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