tmpfile(?)

[Anon]

Has anyone ever used the tmpfile() function? If so what are the parameters that need to be passed to it? Supposedly it generates a unique filename for each instance that it gets called into existence, is this true?

In php.net it says that it takes the same parameters as fopen(), but fopen() requires a filename, permission and path... so I am confused and can't get it to work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[brandonschnell]

according to the manual just call:

<?
$fp = tmpfile();
/ fwrite & fread etc... /
fclose($fp);
?>

and then handle the $fp exactly like a file pointer retured by fopen(). you can read & write to the file but when you're finished call fclose($fp) to close and remove the file.