What is Filesystem ftell in PHP

In this article I am going to explain about ftell function in PHP.
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PHP ftell() Function

The filesystem ftell function is used to returns the current position of the file pointer and returns false on failure.

Syntax of ftell function

ftell(file)

Parameters in ftell function

It has only one parameter:

Parameter Description
file It specifies the open file to check.

Example of filesystem ftell function

<html>

<body>
 

<?php

$file= fopen("C:\wamp\www\Dinesh\Mcn.txt","r");

echo "print current position::". ftell($file);

fseek($file,"25");

echo "</br>";

echo "Print pointer current position again::". ftell($file);

?>
 

</body>

</html>

 

Output:

ftellfunctionphp.jpg

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