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<?php // example 01 : simple open and close
require_once( "cfile.class.php" );
 
 echo "<b>EXAMPLE 10</b>: writing & reading an input array into a file<br><br>" ;
 
 $CANDIDATEfile = "example.10.txt" ;
 
 $cfile = new cfile( $CANDIDATEfile, CFILE_BIG_ENDIAN );
 $bOPEN = $cfile->open( CFILE_READWRITE_CREATE_MODE );
 $bERR = $cfile->is_error() ;
 
 if ( $bOPEN && !$bERR ) // you can check open return value or internal error for safe operation
 {
 echo "OPEN FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS<br>" ;
 
 // assume such a syntax
 // left : cast the type (default value: string)
 // separator '@'
 // right : bytes number (default value: the one associated to the casted type)
 
 $array = array( array( "STRING" => "HEADER" ),
 array( "DOUBLE" => 12.23 ),
 array( "INT" => 24 )
 );
 
 $cfile->write_array( $array );
 
 echo "<pre>" ;
 print_r( $array );
 echo "</pre>" ;
 
 echo ( $cfile->close() ) ? "CLOSE FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS" : $cfile->get_error_string() ;
 }
 
 $bOPEN = $cfile->open( CFILE_READ_MODE );
 $bERR = $cfile->is_error() ;
 if ( $bOPEN && !$bERR ) // you can check open return value or internal error for safe operation
 {
 echo "<br>OPEN FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS<br>" ;
 
 // anyway we shall declare the bytes number for reading a string
 // trying deleting the bytes number in the 'string' field and then see what happens
 
 $array = array( array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "STRING@1" => "" ),
 array( "DOUBLE" => 0 ),
 array( "INT" => 0 )
 );
 
 $cfile->move_to_beginning() ;
 
 $bREAD = $cfile->read_array( $array );
 
 if ( $bREAD )
 {
 echo "<pre>" ;
 print_r( $array );
 echo "</pre>" ;
 }
 
 echo "<br>" ;
 echo ( $cfile->close() ) ? "CLOSE FILE <b>$CANDIDATEfile</b> : SUCCESS" : $cfile->get_error_string() ;
 }
 else echo $cfile->get_error_string() ;
 ?>
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