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# fclose

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

fclose -- Closes an open file pointer

## Description

bool fclose ( resource handle )

The file pointed to by handle 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 $handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r'); fclose($handle); ?>`

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