Question

Explain the process File handling.

Answer 1

1. File handling is an important part of any web ap¬plication. You often need to open and process a file for different tasks.
2. File handling is needed for any application. For some tasks to be done file needs to be processed.
3. File handling in RHP is similar as file handling is done by using any programming language like C.

• Five major operations can be performed on file are:

1. Creation of a new file.
2. Opening an existing file.
3. Reading data from a file.
4. Writing data in a file.
5. Closing a file.

• Steps for Processing a Fite

1. Declare a file pointer variable.
2. Open a file using open() function.
3. Process the file using the suitable function.
4. Close the file using fclose() function.