fscanf

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Parses input from a file according to a format.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

fscanf(
    $stream,
    string $format,
    mixed ...&$vars
  ): array|int|false|null

Typestring

Variadic, Passed by reference, OptionalTypemixed

Note that the parameter $vars is passed by reference, and contains additional/updated context data that may be useful.

Typearray|int|false|null

Changes to the `fscanf` Function

  fscanf(
      $stream,
-     $format,
+     string $format,
-     ...&$vars
+     mixed ...&$vars
-   )
+   ): array|int|false|null

  fscanf(
      $stream,
      $format,
-     &$...
+     ...&$vars
    )