FileRead

FileRead(filepath [, charset])

OR

FileRead(fileobj [, buffersize])

filepath

An absolute path to an on-disk or in-memory text file on the server.

charset

The character encoding in which the file contents is encoded. The following list includes commonly used values:

• utf-8
• iso-8859-1
• windows-1252
• us-ascii
• shift_jis
• iso-2022-jp
• euc-jp
• euc-kr
• big5
• euc-cn
• utf-16
  If the file starts with a byte order mark and you set this attribute to a conflicting character encoding, ColdFusion generates an error.

fileobj

The file object from which to read.

buffersize

The number of characters to read.

<h3>FileRead Example - Reading a file</h3>

<!--- This reads and outputs the entire file contents. --->
<cfscript>
myfile = FileRead("c:\temp\myfile.txt");
WriteOutput("#myfile#");
</cfscript>

<!--- This reads and outputs the first 100 characters --->
<!--- from the same file. --->
<cfscript>
myfile = FileOpen("c:\temp\test1.txt", "read");
x = FileRead(myfile, 100);
WriteOutput("#x#");
FileClose(myfile);
</cfscript>