PHP: SplFileObject::ftell - Manual

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

SplFileObject::ftell — Return current file position

Description

public function SplFileObject::ftell(): int|false

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the position of the file pointer as an integer, or false on error.

Examples

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("/etc/passwd");

// Read first line
$data = $file->fgets();

// Where are we?
echo $file->ftell();
?>

See Also

• ftell() - Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer