PHP fscanf() function and example

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PHP fscanf() function and example
Posted on: October 29, 2009 at 12:00 AM

In this segment of the PHP tutorial we will learn the use of PHP fscanf() file handling function and its example.

Syntax

mixed fscanf file_handle,format_specifier [, mixed &$... ] )

fscanf() function reads the contents of the file according to the given formatspecifier
Format specifier can be like the C language format specifier
fscanf() uses %d, %c, %s etc format specifier.
By default it returns mixed type.
But if two parameter is used then it returns array

Example of PHP fscant() Function PHP
Code for PHP fsscant() Unction PHP

<?php
    $file=fopen("c:/rose1/ram.txt","r");

    while($ar1=fscanf($file,"%s\t%s"))
     {
      for($x=0;$x<sizeof($ar1);$x++)
        {
        echo $ar1[$x];
        if ($x%2!=0)
        echo "<br>";
        }
     }
?>
Output
first_namelast_name
ramkumar
shyamsinha

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