dio_read

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5 < 5.1.0)

dio_read — Reads bytes from a file descriptor

Description

dio_read(resource $fd, int $len = 1024): string

The function dio_read() reads and returns len bytes from file with descriptor fd.

Parameters

fd: The file descriptor returned by dio_open().
len: The number of bytes to read. If not specified, dio_read() reads 1K sized block.

Return Values

The bytes read from fd.

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matt at vhub dot com ¶

19 years ago

Note that dio_read on Windows (other platforms unknown) will not timeout if there is no data to read. There is no way to specify a timeout or do a non-blocking read on Windows.