06-16-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by steiner
Hello,
Thanks no the problem is I want just display the 3 first letters of the name file.
So for toto.txt , it must display tot
Thanks.
echo 'toto.txt' | sed 's/^\(...\).*/\1/'
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stream_copy_to_stream
STREAM_COPY_TO_STREAM(3) 1 STREAM_COPY_TO_STREAM(3)
stream_copy_to_stream - Copies data from one stream to another
SYNOPSIS
int stream_copy_to_stream (resource $source, resource $dest, [int $maxlength = -1], [int $offset])
DESCRIPTION
Makes a copy of up to $maxlength bytes of data from the current position (or from the $offset position, if specified) in $source to $dest.
If $maxlength is not specified, all remaining content in $source will be copied.
PARAMETERS
o $source
- The source stream
o $dest
- The destination stream
o $maxlength
- Maximum bytes to copy
o $offset
- The offset where to start to copy data
RETURN VALUES
Returns the total count of bytes copied.
CHANGELOG
+--------+------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+------------------------------+
| 5.1.0 | |
| | |
| | Added the $offset parameter |
| | |
+--------+------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
A stream_copy_to_stream(3) example
<?php
$src = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r');
$dest1 = fopen('first1k.txt', 'w');
$dest2 = fopen('remainder.txt', 'w');
echo stream_copy_to_stream($src, $dest1, 1024) . " bytes copied to first1k.txt
";
echo stream_copy_to_stream($src, $dest2) . " bytes copied to remainder.txt
";
?>
SEE ALSO
copy(3).
PHP Documentation Group STREAM_COPY_TO_STREAM(3)