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# [php: manipulating file pointers with fseek and ftell](https://gbhorwood.hashnode.dev/php-manipulating-file-pointers-with-fseek-and-ftell?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

php developers generally don't put a lot of thought into reading files from disk. we usually just call file or file\_get\_contents or similar, shovel the whole thing into ram, and then fight with the resulting array or string. if we want to do simple t...

Jul 23, 2025 · 10 min read · gbhorwood.hashnode.dev  
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