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<h1 class="refname">SplFileObject::rewind</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SplFileObject::rewind</span> — <span class="dc-title">Rewind the file to the first line</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><span class="type void">void</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileObject::rewind</strong></span>
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Rewinds the file back to the first line.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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No value is returned.
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Throws a <a href="class.runtimeexception.html" class="classname">RuntimeException</a> if cannot be rewound.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileObject::rewind()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$file </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileObject</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"misc.txt"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Loop over whole file<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$line</span><span style="color: #007700">) { }<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Rewind to first line<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">rewind</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Output first line<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">current</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileobject.current.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileObject::current()</a> - Retrieve current line of file</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileobject.key.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileObject::key()</a> - Get line number</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileobject.seek.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileObject::seek()</a> - Seek to specified line</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileobject.next.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileObject::next()</a> - Read next line</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="methodname"><a href="splfileobject.valid.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">SplFileObject::valid()</a> - Not at EOF</span></li>
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