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<h1 class="refname">fclose</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fclose</span> — <span class="dc-title">Closes an open file pointer</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fclose</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$handle</code></span>
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The file pointed to by <em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em> is closed.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em></span>
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The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully
opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.fsockopen.html" class="function">fsockopen()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 A simple <span class="function"><strong>fclose()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$handle </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'somefile.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'r'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$handle</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fopen()</a> - Opens file or URL</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fsockopen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fsockopen()</a> - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection</span></li>
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