rewind

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Rewind the position of a file pointer.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`rewind` Function synopsis

rewind($stream): bool

Parameters

`$stream`

The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen.

Return value

Typebool

Returns true on success, false on failure

Changes to the `rewind` Function

PHP 8.0

Return type added: bool
Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $fp to $stream

- rewind($fp)
+ rewind($stream): bool

`rewind` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes