(PHP 4, PHP 5)
ftell — Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer
$handle
)
Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by handle
.
Returns the position of the file pointer referenced by
handle
as an integer; i.e., its offset into the file stream.
If an error occurs, returns FALSE
.
Example #1 ftell() example
<?php
// opens a file and read some data
$fp = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r");
$data = fgets($fp, 12);
// where are we ?
echo ftell($fp); // 11
fclose($fp);
?>