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<div id="function.xdiff-file-patch" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<h1 class="refname">xdiff_file_patch</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL xdiff >= 0.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">xdiff_file_patch</span> — <span class="dc-title">Patch a file with an unified diff</span></p>
</div>
<a name="function.xdiff-file-patch.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.php#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><b>xdiff_file_patch</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$file</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$patch</tt></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$dest</tt></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <tt class="parameter">$flags</tt><span class="initializer"> = DIFF_PATCH_NORMAL</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Patches a <i><tt class="parameter">file</tt></i>
with a <i><tt class="parameter">patch</tt></i>
and stores the result in a file.
<i><tt class="parameter">patch</tt></i>
has to be an unified diff created by
<a href="function.xdiff-file-diff.php" class="function">xdiff_file_diff()</a>/<a href="function.xdiff-string-diff.php" class="function">xdiff_string_diff()</a> function.
An optional <i><tt class="parameter">flags</tt></i>
parameter specifies mode of operation.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xdiff-file-patch.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">file</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The original file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">patch</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The unified patch file. It has to be created using <a href="function.xdiff-string-diff.php" class="function">xdiff_string_diff()</a>,
<a href="function.xdiff-file-diff.php" class="function">xdiff_file_diff()</a> functions or compatible tools.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">dest</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Path of the resulting file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">flags</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
Can be either <b><tt class="constant">XDIFF_PATCH_NORMAL</tt></b> (default mode,
normal patch) or <b><tt class="constant">XDIFF_PATCH_REVERSE</tt></b> (reversed
patch).
</p>
<p class="para">
Starting from version 1.5.0, you can also use binary OR to enable
<b><tt class="constant">XDIFF_PATCH_IGNORESPACE</tt></b> flag.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xdiff-file-patch.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> if an internal error happened, string with rejected
chunks if patch couldn't be applied or <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> if patch has been successfully applied.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xdiff-file-patch.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>xdiff_file_patch()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents para"><p>
The following code applies unified diff to a file.
</p></div>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$old_version </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script-1.0.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$patch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script.patch'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xdiff_file_patch</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$old_version</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$patch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script-1.1.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Rejects:\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #2 Patch reversing example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents para"><p>
The following code reverses a patch.
</p></div>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$new_version </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script-1.1.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$patch </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script.patch'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">xdiff_file_patch</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$new_version</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$patch</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my_script-1.0.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">XDIFF_PATCH_REVERSE</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">is_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Rejects:\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$errors</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
</div><p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.xdiff-file-patch.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.xdiff-file-diff.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">xdiff_file_diff()</a> - Make unified diff of two files</li>
</ul><p>
</p>
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