stream_copy_to_stream

Copies data from one stream to another

Description

int stream_copy_to_stream ( resource $source , resource $dest [, int $maxlength = -1 [, int $offset = 0 ]] )

Makes a copy of up to maxlength bytes of data from the current position (or from the offset position, if specified) in source to dest. If maxlength is not specified, all remaining content in source will be copied.

Parameters

source

The source stream

dest

The destination stream

maxlength

Maximum bytes to copy

offset

The offset where to start to copy data

Return Values

Returns the total count of bytes copied, or FALSE on failure.

Changelog

Version Description
5.1.0 Added the offset parameter

Examples

Example #1 A stream_copy_to_stream example

<?php
$src 
fopen('http://www.example.com''r');
$dest1 fopen('first1k.txt''w');
$dest2 fopen('remainder.txt''w');

echo 
stream_copy_to_stream($src$dest11024) . " bytes copied to first1k.txt\n";
echo 
stream_copy_to_stream($src$dest2) . " bytes copied to remainder.txt\n";

?>

See Also

  • copy