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<?
function getOnOff() {
    return fgets($handle);
}

function maintenanceCheck ()
{

    // open the onoff switch and have a look

    $handle = fopen("onoff.php", "r");
    $onoff = getOnOff();

    if (!feof($handle)) {
        echo "<P>Error: unexpected fgets() fail\n";
    }

    fclose($handle);
    echo "<P>after fclose common fns onoff says $onoff";

    $result = $onoff;

    return $result;

}