rewind() function in PHP

The rewind() function rewinds a file pointer. It moves it to the beginning of the file. It returns True on success or False on failure.

Syntax

rewind(file_pointer)

Parameters

• file_pointer − It must point to a file opened by fopen()

Return

The rewind() function returns True on success or False on failure.

Example

$file_pointer = fopen("new.txt", "r");
// Position of the file pointer is changed
fseek($file_pointer, "12");
// Setting the file pointer to the beginning of the file
rewind($file_pointer);
fclose($file_pointer);

Output

TRUE

karthikeya Boyini

Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:23

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