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SplFileObject::fwrite

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(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Write to file

Description

SplFileObject::fwrite(string $data, int|null $length = null): int|false

Writes the contents of data to the file

data: The string to be written to the file.
length: If the length argument is int, writing will stop after length bytes have been written or the end of data is reached, whichever comes first.

Returns the number of bytes written, or false on error.

Version	Description
8.5.0	`length` is now nullable.
7.4.0	The function now returns false instead of zero on failure.

SplFileObject::fwrite example

php

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("fwrite.txt", "w");
$written = $file->fwrite("12345");
echo "Wrote $written bytes to file";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output

Wrote 5 bytes to file