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JFile::read

Description

Read the contents of a file.

public static function read (
        $filename
        $incpath=false
        $amount=0
        $chunksize=8192
        $offset=0
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$filename	string		The full file path
$incpath	boolean	false	Use include path
$amount	int	0	Amount of file to read
$chunksize	int	8192	Size of chunks to read
$offset	int	0	Offset of the file

• Returns mixed Returns file contents or boolean False if failed
• Defined on line 272 of libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php
• Since
• Referenced by
  • JArchiveZip::_extract
  • JRegistry::loadFile

See also

• JFile::read source code on BitBucket
• Class JFile
• Subpackage Filesystem
• Other versions of JFile::read