REWIND(3) 1 REWIND(3)
rewind - Rewind the position of a file pointer
SYNOPSIS
bool rewind (resource $handle)
DESCRIPTION
Sets the file position indicator for $handle to the beginning of the file stream.
Note
If you have opened the file in append ("a" or "a+") mode, any data you write to the file will always be appended, regardless of the
file position.
PARAMETERS
o $handle
- The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
rewind(3) overwriting example
<?php
$handle = fopen('output.txt', 'r+');
fwrite($handle, 'Really long sentence.');
rewind($handle);
fwrite($handle, 'Foo');
rewind($handle);
echo fread($handle, filesize('output.txt'));
fclose($handle);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Foolly long sentence.
SEE ALSO
fread(3), fseek(3), ftell(3), fwrite(3).
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