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PHP File Handling with PHP Basic File Handling Reading Files

Posted by Ashish Singh
Ashish Singh
33 Points

Failed to open stream

index.php 
<?php

//add code here

$files = scandir('example');

foreach($files as $file){
  if(strpos($file,"fun") !== false){ 
    echo "<h3>$file</h3>";
    $content = file_get_contents("$file");
    echo strtolower($content);

  }else{
    echo $file."<br>";
  }
}

1 Answer

Dean Kennedy
Dean Kennedy
4,491 Points
Dean Kennedy
Dean Kennedy
4,491 Points

I assume by "Failed to open stream" you are referring to that as the error. If so, one cause could be that your include/require statement/s are missing or not written correctly.