php man page for fclose

FCLOSE(3)								 1								 FCLOSE(3)

fclose - Closes an open file pointer

SYNOPSIS
       bool fclose (resource  $handle)

DESCRIPTION
	The file pointed to by $handle is closed.

PARAMETERS
	      o $handle
		- The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(3) or fsockopen(3).

RETURN VALUES
	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      A simple fclose(3) example

	      <?php

	      $handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');

	      fclose($handle);

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       fopen(3), fsockopen(3).

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