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<h1 class="refname">svn_cat</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL svn >= 0.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">svn_cat</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns the contents of a file in a repository</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>svn_cat</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$repos_url</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$revision_no</code></span>
] )</div>
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Returns the contents of the URL <em><code class="parameter">repos_url</code></em> to
a file in the repository, optionally at revision number
<em><code class="parameter">revision_no</code></em>.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.svn-cat-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">repos_url</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
String URL path to item in a repository.
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">revision_no</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Integer revision number of item to retrieve, default is the HEAD
revision.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.svn-cat-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the string contents of the item from the repository on
success, and <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.svn-cat-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.svn-cat-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Basic example</strong></p>
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This example retrieves the contents of a file at revision 28:
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$contents </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">svn_cat</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'http://www.example.com/svnroot/calc/gui.c'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">28</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.svn-cat-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><strong>svn_list()</strong></span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.ref.svn.c.cat.html" class="link external">» SVN documentation on svn cat</a></li>
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