php fopen() function - how to open a file in php

php fopen() function - how to open a file in php


fopenFunction.php
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<?php

 // open the file in readonly mode.
 $file=fopen("test.txt","r") or exit("unable to open file!");
 
 //start reading the file line by line.
 while (!feof($file))
 {
  echo  fgets($file). "<br/>";
  }


 //close the file.
 fclose($file);

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