(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
SplFileObject::ftruncate — Truncates the file to a given length
sizeThe size to truncate to.
Note:
If
sizeis larger than the file it is extended with null bytes.If
sizeis smaller than the file, the extra data will be lost.
Example #1 SplFileObject::ftruncate() example
<?php
// Create file containing "Hello World!"
$file = new SplFileObject("/tmp/ftruncate", "w+");
$file->fwrite("Hello World!");
// Truncate to 5 bytes
$file->ftruncate(5);
// Rewind and read data
$file->rewind();
echo $file->fgets();
?>The above example will output something similar to:
Hello