<?php
class ReadFile{

    var $targetFile;
    var $error;
    var $errorText;
    var $data;
    var $timeout;

    function ReadFile($targetFile){
        //INITIALIZE
        $this->targetFile=$targetFile;
        $this->error=false;
        $this->timeout=10; //TIMEOUT IN SECONDS

        if(!empty($this->targetFile)){
            $this->downloadContents();
        }
        else{
            $this->errorText="Filename not specififed in class constuctor";
            $this->error=true;
        }
    }

    function getFileContents(){
        if(!$this->hasError()){
            return $this->data;
        }
        return false;
    }

    function hasError(){
        if($this->error){
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    function getError(){
        return $this->errorText;
    }

    function downloadContents(){
        $data=NULL;
        //CHECK TO SEE IF WE ARE USING PHP 4.3+
        if(function_exists('file_get_contents')){
            $this->data=$this->openWithFileGetContents();
        }
        else{
            $this->data=$this->openWithFOpen();
        }
    }

    function openWithFileGetContents(){
        $data=NULL;
        //SET TIMEOUT (PHP 4.3+ ONLY)
        ini_set('default_socket_timeout', $this->timeout);
        //RETRIEVE FILE
        if(!$data=@file_get_contents($this->targetFile)){
            $this->errorText='file_get_contents of ' . $this->targetFile . ' failed.';
            $this->error=true;
        }
        return $data;
    }

    function openWithFOpen(){
        $data=NULL;
        //RETRIEVE FILE
        if($dataFile = @fopen($this->targetFile, "r" )){
            while (!feof($dataFile)) {
                $data.= fgets($dataFile, 4096);
            }
            fclose($dataFile);
        }
        else{
            $this->errorText='fopen of ' . $this->targetFile . ' failed.';
            $this->error=true;
        }
        return $data;
    }
}
?>