I suppose a fair number of us know this:
However, for those who don't:-
If you are truncating a file, say, to $fileObject->ftruncate(0), then, it may be advisable to call $fileObject->fseek(0) first (before you call '$fileObject->ftruncate').
On inspection, I was encountering 'NULL' characters at the beginning of a, or the, file.
Hence, from what I have surmised; when 'ftruncate()' is called, the file pointer does NOT move to the beginning (or, at least, the required position) of the file.
This issue cost me a fair amount of time to figure out, so I hope it helps someone.SplFileObject::ftruncate
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileObject::ftruncate — Truncates the file to a given length
Description
Truncates the file to size bytes.
Parameters
size-
The size to truncate to.
Note:
If
sizeis larger than the file it is extended with null bytes.If
sizeis smaller than the file, the extra data will be lost.
Examples
Example #1 SplFileObject::ftruncate() example
<?php
// Create file containing "Hello World!"
$file = new SplFileObject("/tmp/ftruncate", "w+");
$file->fwrite("Hello World!");
// Truncate to 5 bytes
$file->ftruncate(5);
// Rewind and read data
$file->rewind();
echo $file->fgets();
?>The above example will output something similar to:
Hello
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7 years ago
