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<refentry xml:id="splfileobject.fwrite" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>SplFileObject::fwrite</refname>
  <refpurpose>Write to file</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis role="SplFileObject">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type class="union"><type>int</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>SplFileObject::fwrite</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>data</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>length</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Writes the contents of <parameter>string</parameter> to the file
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>data</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The string to be written to the file.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>length</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       If the <parameter>length</parameter> argument is given, writing will
       stop after <parameter>length</parameter> bytes have been written or
       the end of <parameter>string</parameter> is reached, whichever comes
       first.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the number of bytes written, or &false; on error.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>7.4.0</entry>
      <entry>
       The function now returns &false; instead of zero on failure.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><methodname>SplFileObject::fwrite</methodname> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$file = new SplFileObject("fwrite.txt", "w");
$written = $file->fwrite("12345");
echo "Wrote $written bytes to file";
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Wrote 5 bytes to file
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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

</refentry>
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