# xdiff_file_diff

(PECL xdiff:0.2-1.4)

xdiff_file_diff — Make unified diff of two files

### Description

bool xdiff_file_diff ( string `$file1` , string `$file2` , string `$dest` [, int `$context` [, bool `$minimal` ]] )

Makes a diff of two files and stores the result in a file.

### Parameters

`file1`

`file2`

`dest`

  Path of the resulting file.

`context`

  Indicates how many lines of context you want to include in diff result.

`minimal`

  Set this parameter to `TRUE` if you want to minimalize size of diff (can take a long time). Resulting file is human-readable.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 xdiff_file_diff() example

The following code makes unified diff of two php files.

`<?php
$old_version = 'my_script.php';
$new_version = 'my_new_script.php';
xdiff_file_diff($old_version, $new_version, 'my_script.diff', 2);
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function doesn't work well with binary files. To make diff of binary files use xdiff_file_diff_binary().

### See Also

- xdiff_string_diff()