Opens a file (creating it if necessary) at a lower level than the C library input/ouput stream functions allow.

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# dio_open

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5)

dio_open — Opens a file (creating it if necessary) at a lower level than the C library input/ouput stream functions allow.

### Description

resource dio_open ( string `$filename` , int `$flags` [, int `$mode` = 0 ] )

dio_open() opens a file and returns a new file descriptor for it.

### Parameters

`filename`

  The pathname of the file to open.

`flags`

  The `flags` parameter is a bitwise-ORed value comprising flags from the following list. This value must include one of `O_RDONLY`, `O_WRONLY`, or `O_RDWR`. Additionally, it may include any combination of the other flags from this list.

  - `O_RDONLY` - opens the file for read access.

  - `O_WRONLY` - opens the file for write access.

  - `O_RDWR` - opens the file for both reading and writing.

  - `O_CREAT` - creates the file, if it doesn't already exist.

  - `O_EXCL` - if both `O_CREAT` and `O_EXCL` are set and the file already exists, causes dio_open() to fail.

  - `O_TRUNC` - if the file exists and is opened for write access, the file will be truncated to zero length.

  - `O_APPEND` - write operations write data at the end of the file.

  - `O_NONBLOCK` - sets non blocking mode.

  - `O_NOCTTY` - prevent the OS from assigning the opened file as the process's controlling terminal when opening a TTY device file.

`mode`

  If `flags` contains `O_CREAT`, `mode` will set the permissions of the file (creation permissions). `Mode` is required for correct operation when `O_CREAT` is specified in `mode` and is ignored otherwise.

  The actual permissions assigned to the created file will be affected by the process's umask setting as per usual.

### Return Values

A file descriptor or `FALSE` on error.

### Examples

Example #1 Opening a file descriptor

`<?php
$fd = dio_open('/dev/ttyS0', O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK);
dio_close($fd);
?>`

### See Also

- dio_close() - Closes the file descriptor given by fd

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