# fclose

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

fclose — Closes an open file pointer

### Description

bool fclose ( resource `$handle` )

The file pointed to by `handle` is closed.

### Parameters

`handle`

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

### Return Values

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

### Examples

Example#1 A simple fclose() example

`<?php
$handle = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
fclose($handle);
?>`

### See Also

- fopen()
- fsockopen()