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svn_cat

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(PECL svn >= 0.1.0)

Returns the contents of a file in a repository

Description

svn_cat(string $repos_url, [int $revision_no]): string

Returns the contents of the URL repos_url to a file in the repository, optionally at revision number revision_no.

repos_url: String URL path to item in a repository.
revision_no: Integer revision number of item to retrieve, default is the HEAD revision.

Returns the string contents of the item from the repository on success, and false on failure.

Basic example

This example retrieves the contents of a file at revision 28:

php

<?php
$contents = svn_cat('http://www.example.com/svnroot/calc/gui.c', 28)
?>