fclose

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

fclose — Schließt einen offenen Dateizeiger

Beschreibung

bool fclose ( resource $handle )

Die Datei, auf die handle zeigt, wird geschlossen.

Parameter-Liste

handle: Der Datei-Zeiger muss gültig sein, d.h. die Datei, auf die gezeigt wird muss zuvor mit fopen() oder fsockopen() geöffnet worden sein.

Rückgabewerte

Gibt bei Erfolg TRUE zurück. Im Fehlerfall wird FALSE zurückgegeben.

Beispiele

Beispiel #1 Ein einfaches fclose() Beispiel


<?php

$handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');

fclose($handle);

?>

Siehe auch

fopen() - Öffnet eine Datei oder URL
fsockopen() - Stellt eine Internet- oder Unix-Domain-Socket-Verbindung her

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crrodriguez at opensuse dot org 11-May-2010 11:05


Note that since PHP 5.3.2 fclose() no longer unlock open file descriptors at shutdown.

sineld at sineld dot com 23-Nov-2006 05:50


Do not forget, if you are going to read the contents of the file which you have already written via fwrite() or else you have to close the file first.

mark at markvange * com 04-May-2006 11:17


It is very important to make sure you clear any incoming packets out of the incoming buffer using fread() or some equivalent.  Although you can call fclose() the socket does not actually shut down until the inbound packets have been cleared.  This can lead to some confusion.

williamhamby at williamhamby dot net 07-Apr-2006 08:19


Trying to understand how 'end foreach' and 'endwhile' differ, I've encountered a problem I can't solve by myself. The following is a fairly easy stock portfolio script. Everything works, except at the end where I want to calculate the average of the gains as represented by $gain[$i].



<?php

$quantity="3";

$stocks=array("iso","grn","bdgr.pk");

$buydates=array("3 jan 2006","1 feb 2006","3 apr 2006");

$prices=array("0.32","0.20","0.95");

$recommends=array("hold","strong buy","buy");

$i=0;

echo"<tr>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>ticker</th>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>buy date</th>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>price $</th>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>recommend</th>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>value $</th>";

echo "\n<th align='center'>change %</th>\n</tr>\n";

foreach($stocks as $stock) {

$fp=fopen("http://","r");

$data=fgetcsv($fp,1000,",");

$values=$data[1];

echo "<tr>\n<td align='center'>".$stock."</td>";

echo "\n<td align='center'>".$buydates[$i]."</td>";

echo "\n<td align='center'>".$prices[$i]."</td>";

echo "\n<td align='center'>".$recommends[$i]."</td>";

echo "\n<td align='center'>".$values."</td>\n<td align='center'>";

echo $gain[$i]=round(((($values-$prices[$i])/$prices[$i])*100),2);

echo "</td>\n</tr>";

fclose ($fp);

$i++;

}

echo "\n<tr>\n<td align='center'>".$gain[$i]."<td>\n</tr>\n";

?>



Help?

James R. Steel 28-Nov-2005 10:02


In response to kumar mcmillan 'gotcha' note below, we get a different result on a W2K machine:



<?php

$file_pointer = fopen('textfile.dat', 'r');

fclose($file_pointer);

echo '$file_pointer is resource = ' . (is_resource($file_pointer) ? 'true': 'false');

?>



output:

$file_pointer is resource = false

kit dot lester at lycos dot co dot uk 18-Sep-2005 07:34


fclose() also clears any locks on the file, so if another process was being kept waiting for the lock to be cleared, fclose()ing will allow the other process to continue.



[Another "just-in-case" reason to habitually fclose() all files as soon as practical!]

jricher at jacquesricher dot com 01-Feb-2005 07:06


It is a GOOD_THING to check the return value from fclose(), as some operating systems only flush file output on close, and can, therefore, return an error from fclose(). You can catch severe data-eating errors by doing this. 



I learned this the hard way.

kumar mcmillan 30-Sep-2004 02:10


gotcha:



<?php



$file_pointer = fopen('data.dat', 'r');

fclose($file_pointer);



echo '$file_pointer is resource = ' . (is_resource($file_pointer) ? 'true': 'false');



?>



output:

$file_pointer is resource = true

daniel7 dot martinez at ps dot ge dot com 10-Sep-2001 06:06


Generally, it's always a good idea to close a file when you're done with it. It's very easy for something to go wrong and corrupt a file that hasn't been closed properly. If you're concerned about efficiency, the overhead is negligible.

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