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fclose()

fclose(string $s): bool

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
$handleresourcehandle from fopen()

Return value

true when closed. Always close files you wrote.

Example

$fh = fopen("/tmp/hphp_doc_fc.txt", "w");
fwrite($fh, "x");
var_dump(fclose($fh));
unlink("/tmp/hphp_doc_fc.txt");
bool(true)

See also

fopen()