Pike v8.1 release 6

Method Image.load_file()


Method load_file

local string load_file(void|object|string file)

Description

Loads in a file, which need not be an image file. If no argument is given the data will be taken from stdin. If a file object is given, it will be read to the end of the file. If a string is given the function will first attempt to load a file with that name, then try to download data with the string as URL. Zero will be returned upon failure.