fileRead

Reads an on-disk or in-memory text file or a file object created with the FileOpen function.

fileRead(filePath [, charset | bufferSize]) → returns string

CF8+

Lucee

BL 1.0.0+

Argument Reference

filePath any
Required

An absolute file path, or file object.

charset any

Character encoding used to read the file.

bufferSize any

The number of characters to read.

Examples
Sample code invoking the fileRead function

Read a file into a variable

Uses expandPath to grab a file in current directory.

fileContent = fileRead(expandPath("./file.txt"), "utf-8")

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