stream-copy-to-stream.xml

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<refentry xml:id="function.stream-copy-to-stream" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>stream_copy_to_stream</refname>
  <refpurpose>Copies data from one stream to another</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>int</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>stream_copy_to_stream</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>from</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>to</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>int</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>length</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Makes a copy of up to <parameter>length</parameter> bytes
   of data from the current position (or from the
   <parameter>offset</parameter> position, if specified) in
   <parameter>from</parameter> to <parameter>to</parameter>. If
   <parameter>length</parameter> is &null;, all remaining content in
   <parameter>from</parameter> will be copied.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>from</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The source stream
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>to</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The destination stream
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>length</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Maximum bytes to copy. By default all bytes left are copied.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>offset</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The offset where to start to copy data
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the total count of bytes copied,&return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
      <entry>
       <parameter>length</parameter> is now nullable.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>stream_copy_to_stream</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$src = fopen('http://www.example.com', 'r');
$dest1 = fopen('first1k.txt', 'w');
$dest2 = fopen('remainder.txt', 'w');

echo stream_copy_to_stream($src, $dest1, 1024) . " bytes copied to first1k.txt\n";
echo stream_copy_to_stream($src, $dest2) . " bytes copied to remainder.txt\n";

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>copy</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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