fgetsPHP ManualPrevNextfgetsfgets -- Get line from file pointerDescriptionstring fgets(int fp, int length); Returns a string of up to length - 1 bytes read from the file pointed to by fp. Reading ends when length - 1 bytes have been read, on a newline (which is included in the return value), or on EOF (whichever comes first). If an error occurs, returns false. Common Pitfalls: People used to the 'C' semantics of fgets should note the difference in how EOF is returned. The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(), popen(), or fsockopen(). A simple example follows: Example 1. Reading a file line by line 1  2 $fd = fopen ("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r"); 3 while (!feof($fd)) { 4  $buffer = fgets($fd, 4096); 5  echo $buffer; 6 } 7 fclose ($fd); 8  See also fread(), fopen(), popen(), fgetc(), and fsockopen(). PrevHomeNextfgetcsvUpfgetss