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PHP ftruncate () function

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Definition and Usage

ftruncate () function to open the file is truncated to the specified length.

If successful it returns TRUE, on failure returns FALSE.

grammar

ftruncate(file,size)

参数 描述
file 必需。规定要截断的打开文件。
size 必需。规定新的文件大小。


Examples

<?php
//check filesize
echo filesize("test.txt");
echo "<br />";

$file = fopen("test.txt", "a+");
ftruncate($file,100);
fclose($file);

//Clear cache and check filesize again
clearstatcache();
echo filesize("test.txt");
?>

The code above will output:

792
100


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