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>    (PHP 3, PHP 4 )</P
>readfile&nbsp;--&nbsp;Outputs a file</DIV
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>int <B
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>&#13;     Reads a file and writes it to the output buffer.
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>&#13;     Returns the number of bytes read from the file. If an error
     occurs, <TT
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>&#13;     You can use the optional second parameter and set it to "1", if
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