Below are the sample codes to read and write text file using PHP
Read content of a file
<?php
//file name
$filename = "textFile.txt";
//open the file with Read only Mode. Starts at the beginning of the file.
$file = fopen($filename, "r");
//all content the file
$contents = fread($file, filesize($filename));
//close the file
fclose($file);
//print the content
echo $contents;
?>
Read content of a file line by line
<?php
//file name
$filename = "textFile.txt";
//open the file with Read only Mode. Starts at the beginning of the file.
$file = fopen($filename, "r");
//loop the file until the end is reached
while(!feof($file))
{
echo fgets($file)."<br>";
}
//close the file
fclose($file);
?>
Write file
<?php
//file name
$filename = "newFile.txt";
//open the file with write mode
$file = fopen($filename,"w");
//write the content of write
echo fwrite($file,"Hello World. Testing!");
//close the file
fclose($file);
?>
Write file line by line
<?php
//file name
$filename = "newFile.txt";
//open the file with write mode
$file = fopen($filename,"w");
$i=1;
while($i<=10)
{
fwrite($file,"this is line ".$i.PHP_EOL);
$i++;
}
echo $filename." written successfully!";
//close the file
fclose($file);
?>
