php file_get_contents() function - how to read a file into a string in php

php file_get_contents() function - how to read a file into a string in php


file_get_contentsFunction.php
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    <h2 style="color:SeaGreen; font-style:italic">php file_get_contents() function example:<br /> how to read a file into a string</h2>
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 $file = "test.txt";
 echo  file_get_contents($file);
 
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