... PHP 4 ) fscanf -- Parses input from a file according to a format . ... The function fscanf() is similar to sscanf() , but it takes its input from a file associated with handle and interprets the input according to the specified format . If only two parameters were passed to this function, the values parsed will be returned as an array. Otherwise, if optional parameters are passed, the function will return the number of assigned values. ... Example 1. fscanf() Example . ...