Question

I want to read file without last x bytes in php, exactly like this:

$size = filesize($filename) - $x;
$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");
$contents = fread($handle, $size);
fclose($handle);

In my application, I will use this code a lot.

This works, but is it possible to do this more briefly and flexible, instead of using (filesize, fopen, fclose) each time?

Can file_get_contents() help? If so how do I use it?

Answer 1

For example (the very simple solution)

$contents = substr(file_get_contents($filename), 0, -$x);

Just remove the last bytes/characters.