PHP fgetss()Functions
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Definition and Usage
The fgetss() function returns a line from an open file and filters out HTML and PHP tags.
The fgetss() function stops returning a new line when it has reached the specified length or reached the end of file (EOF), whichever comes first.
Returns FALSE on failure.
Syntax
fgetss(file,length,tags)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| file | Required. Specifies the file to check. |
| length | Optional. Specifies the number of bytes to read. Default is 1024 bytes. Note:This parameter is required in versions before PHP 5. |
| tags | Optional. Specifies which tags are not stripped. |
Examples
Example 1
test.html code content:
<p><b>This is a paragraph.</b></p>
PHP code:
<?php
$file = fopen("test.html","r");
echo fgetss($file);
fclose($file);
?>
The above code will output:
This is a paragraph.
Example 2
<?php
$file = fopen("test.html","r");
echo fgetss($file,1024,"<p>,<b>");
fclose($file);
?>
The above code will output:
This is a paragraph.
The source code of the above output is:
<p><b>This is a paragraph.</b></p>
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