Description
int
readfile
( string filename [, int use_include_path])
Reads
a
file
and
writes
it
to
standard
output
.
If
filename
begins
with
"
http
:
/
/
"
(not
case
sensitive
)
,
an
HTTP
1.0
connection
is
opened
to
the
specified
server
and
the
text
of
the
response
is
written
to
standard
output
.
Versions
prior
to
PHP
4.0.5
do
not
handle
HTTP
redirects
.
Because
of
this
,
directories
must
include
trailing
slashes
.
If
filename
begins
with
"
ftp
:
/
/
"
(not
case
sensitive
)
,
an
ftp
connection
to
the
specified
server
is
opened
and
the
requested
file
is
written
to
standard
output
.
If
the
server
does
not
support
passive
mode
ftp
,
this
will
fail
.
If
filename
begins
with
neither
of
these
strings
,
the
file
will
be
opened
from
the
filesystem
and
its
contents
written
to
standard
output
.
See
also
fpassthru(
)
,
file(
)
,
fopen(
)
,
include(
)
,
require(
)
,
and
virtual(
)
.