file://¶
The file:// wrapper is a native PHP wrapper, to access files on a local files, on the host system.
It may also be omitted, as the default behavior is to read files on the local system.
<?php
// display the content of a file
// 3 / : two for protocol, one for path
print_r(file_get_content('file:///tmp/file.txt'));
// also possible
print_r(file_get_content('/tmp/file.txt'));
?>
Related : Wrapper, PHP Wrappers, File, Thin Method, Wrapper Pattern
