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# fclose

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

fclose -- Closes an open file pointer

## Description

bool fclose ( int fp)

The file pointed to by `fp` is closed.

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen().

Example 1. A simple fclose() example

    <?php

      $fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');

      fclose($fp);

    ?>

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