- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- method_exists: documentation ( source)
<?php
method_exists('SplFileObject', 'fread') or die("No SplFileObject::fread()");
$i=0;
$file = new SplFileObject(__FILE__);
while ($i++ < 1000 && ($chunk = $file->fread(10)) !== false) {
var_dump($i, $chunk, $file->valid());
}