php ftruncate() function - how to truncate an open file in php
ftruncateFunction.php
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php ftruncate() function example:<br /> how to truncate an open file in specific length
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<?php
$file = "truncatedfile.txt";
echo "file size(truncatedfile.txt):" . filesize($file);
// open the file
$file=fopen($file,"a+") or exit("unable to open file!");
ftruncate($file,25);
echo "<br />file truncated...<br />";
//close the file.
fclose($file);
clearstatcache();
echo "file size(truncatedfile.txt):" . filesize("truncatedfile.txt");
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