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title: "JavaScript readfile function"
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- /functions/view/readfile:809
- /functions/view/readfile
- /functions/view/809
- /functions/readfile:809
- /functions/809
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A JavaScript equivalent of PHP's readfile

{% codeblock filesystem/readfile.js lang:js https://raw.github.com/kvz/phpjs/master/functions/filesystem/readfile.js raw on github %}
function readfile (filename, use_include_path, context) {
  // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
  // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
  // -    depends on: echo
  // *     example 1: readfile('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm');
  // *     returns 1: '123'

  var read_data = this.file_get_contents(filename, use_include_path, context); // bitwise-or use_include_path?
  this.echo(read_data);
  return read_data;
}
{% endcodeblock %}

 - [view on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/blob/master/functions/filesystem/readfile.js)
 - [edit on github](https://github.com/kvz/phpjs/edit/master/functions/filesystem/readfile.js)

### Example 1
This code
{% codeblock lang:js example %}
readfile('http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/pj_test_supportfile_1.htm');
{% endcodeblock %}

Should return
{% codeblock lang:js returns %}
'123'
{% endcodeblock %}


### Other PHP functions in the filesystem extension
{% render_partial _includes/custom/filesystem.html %}