--TEST-- Test fscanf() function: usage variations - char formats with arrays --FILE-- "One", "two" => 2) ); $char_formats = array( "%c", "%hc", "%lc", "%Lc", " %c", "%c ", "% c", "\t%c", "\n%c", "%4c", "%30c", "%[a-zA-Z@#$&0-9]", "%*c"); $counter = 1; // writing to the file foreach($array_types as $value) { @fprintf($file_handle, $value); @fprintf($file_handle, "\n"); } // closing the file fclose($file_handle); // opening the file for reading $file_handle = fopen($filename, "r"); if($file_handle == false) { exit("Error:failed to open file $filename"); } $counter = 1; // reading the values from file using different char formats foreach($char_formats as $char_format) { // rewind the file so that for every foreach iteration the file pointer starts from bof rewind($file_handle); echo "\n-- iteration $counter --\n"; while( !feof($file_handle) ) { var_dump( fscanf($file_handle,$char_format) ); } $counter++; } echo "\n*** Done ***"; ?> --CLEAN-- --EXPECTF-- *** Test fscanf(): different char format types with arrays *** -- iteration 1 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 2 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 3 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 4 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 5 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 6 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 7 -- Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL Warning: fscanf(): Bad scan conversion character " " in %s on line %d NULL bool(false) -- iteration 8 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 9 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "A" } bool(false) -- iteration 10 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } array(1) { [0]=> string(4) "Arra" } bool(false) -- iteration 11 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } bool(false) -- iteration 12 -- array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } array(1) { [0]=> string(5) "Array" } bool(false) -- iteration 13 -- array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } array(0) { } bool(false) *** Done ***