<?php // example 01 : simple open and close
 
      require_once( "cfile.class.php" );
 
      
 
      echo "<b>EXAMPLE 03</b>: creating a file, then we write in a string<br><br>" ;
 
 
      $CANDIDATEfile = "cfile.test.example03.xxx" ;
 
 
      $cfile = new cfile( $CANDIDATEfile );
 
      $bOPEN = $cfile->open( CFILE_READWRITE_CREATE_MODE );
 
      $bERR = $cfile->is_error() ;
 
      
 
      if ( $bOPEN && !$bERR ) // you can check open return value or internal error for safe operation
 
      {
 
           echo "OPEN FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS<br>" ;
 
           
 
           echo "FILE SIZE.".( filesize( $CANDIDATEfile ) )."<br>" ;
 
           
 
           echo "<br>" ;
 
           echo "Writing a simple string in text mode ...<br>" ;
 
           $STR = " this is some string" ;
 
           $bWRITE = $cfile->write( $STR, strlen($STR), CFILE_TEXT_MODE ) ;
 
           echo ( $bWRITE ) ? "WRITE some string: <b>$STR</b><br>" : "CAN'T WRITE some string ...<br>" ;
 
 
           echo "<br>Now read something ...<br><br>" ;
 
           echo "... try to move to beginning of the file<br>" ;
 
           $bBEGIN = $cfile->move_to_beginning();
 
           echo ( $bWRITE ) ? "OK MOVE TO BEGINNING ...<br>" : "CAN'T MOVE TO THE BEGINNING ...<br>" ;
 
 
           // and read the next bytes
 
           $nbytes = strlen($STR) ;
 
           $READ = $cfile->read( $nbytes, CFILE_TEXT_MODE ) ;
 
           echo ( $READ === false ) ? "CAN'T READ from file ... <b>".$cfile->get_error_string()."</b><br>" : "This is what I read in $nbytes byte".( ( $nbytes == 1 ) ? "" : "s" )." : <b>$READ</b><br>" ;
 
 
           echo "<br>" ;
 
           echo ( $cfile->close() ) ? "CLOSE FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS" : $cfile->get_error_string() ;
 
      }
 
      else echo $cfile->get_error_string() ;
 
?>
 
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