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<h1 class="refname">tmpfile</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">tmpfile</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a temporary file</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>tmpfile</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Creates a temporary file with a unique name in read-write (w+) mode and
returns a file handle .
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The file is automatically removed when closed (for example, by calling
<span class="function"><a href="function.fclose.html" class="function">fclose()</a></span>, or when there are no remaining references to
the file handle returned by <span class="function"><strong>tmpfile()</strong></span>), or when the
script ends.
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For details, consult your system documentation on the
<em>tmpfile(3)</em> function, as well as the
<var class="filename">stdio.h</var> header file.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.tmpfile-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a file handle, similar to the one returned by
<span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span>, for the new file 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 <span class="function"><strong>tmpfile()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$temp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">tmpfile</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fwrite</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"writing to tempfile"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fseek</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fread</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1024</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fclose</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$temp</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// this removes the file<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
writing to tempfile
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.tmpfile-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.tempnam.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">tempnam()</a> - Create file with unique file name</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.sys-get-temp-dir.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">sys_get_temp_dir()</a> - Returns directory path used for temporary files</span></li>
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