Wrapper for file_get_contents() with PHP<4.3.0 (backwards-compatibility)

By : cvillemedia

function READ_FILE_CONTENTS($file)
{
// Wrapper for file_get_contents() with PHP<4.3.0 backwards-compatibility:
// © 2006 The Charlottesville Media Group, http://www.cvillemedia.com
// Free for unrestricted use while this notice remains unchanged.

if(function_exists("file_get_contents"))return file_get_contents($file);
$ifile = fopen($file,"r");
$contents = false;
if($ifile) while (!feof($ifile)) $contents .= fgets($ifile);
fclose($ifile);
return $contents;
}

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