php fread() function - how to read from an open file in php

php fread() function - how to read from an open file in php


freadFunction.php
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<?php

 // open the file in readonly mode.
 $file=fopen("test.txt","r");
 
 echo fread($file,8);
 
 //close the file.
 fclose($file);

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