file_put_contents

  • PHP has a convenience function called file_put_contents that automatically opens a file for writing, writes the contents of a string into it, and then closes the file.

    We can accomplish the same task in Ruby by opening a file for writing and passing a block that writes the contents. The file will be automatically closed when the block exits.

    PHP

    $contents = 'hello';
file_put_contents('/path/to/foobar', $contents);

    Ruby

    contents = 'hello'
File.open('/Users/mnaberez/foobar', 'w') do |f|
  f.write contents
end

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