fclose

Definition and usage

fclose() function closes an open file.

Example

 <?php
$file = fopen ( "test.txt" , "r" ) ;

//Some code executed...

fclose ( $file ) ;
?>

grammar

 fclose ( file )

illustrate

The file parameter is a file pointer. The fclose() function closes the file pointed to by the pointer.

Return true if successful, otherwise return false.

The file pointer must be valid and is successfully opened via fopen() or fsockopen() .