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<h1 class="refname">SplFileObject::ftell</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">SplFileObject::ftell</span> — <span class="dc-title">Return current file position</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileObject::ftell</strong></span>
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Returns the position of the file pointer which represents the current offset in the file stream.
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<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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Returns the position of the file pointer as an integer, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on error.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>SplFileObject::ftell()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$file </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">SplFileObject</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"/etc/passwd"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Read first line<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$data </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fgets</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Where are we?<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$file</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">ftell</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ftell.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ftell()</a> - Returns the current position of the file read/write pointer</span></li>
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