How to open a file
<?php
//First, declare the file we wish to open.
$file = "test.txt";
//Now, we use the file_exists() function to confirm its existence.
if (file_exists ($file)){
//Then we attempt to open the file, in this case for reading.
try {
if ($readfile == fopen ($file, "r")){
//Then we can work with the file.
echo "File opened successfully.";
} else {
//If it fails, we throw an exception.
throw new exception ("Sorry, the file could not be opened.");
}
} catch (exception $e) {
echo $e->getmessage();
}
} else {
echo "File does not exist.";
}
?>