function _read_file($filename)
	{
		if ( file_exists($filename) && ($fd = @fopen($filename, 'rb')) ) {
			$contents = '';
			while (!feof($fd)) {
				$contents .= fread($fd, 8192);
			}
			fclose($fd);
			return $contents;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
function _read_file($filename)
	{
		if ( file_exists($filename) && ($fd = @fopen($filename, 'rb')) ) {
			$contents = '';
			while (!feof($fd)) {
				$contents .= fread($fd, 8192);
			}
			fclose($fd);
			return $contents;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
function _read_file ( $ filename ) { if ( file_exists ( $ filename ) && ( $ fd = @ fopen ( $ filename , 'rb' ) ) ) { $ contents = '' ; while ( ! feof ( $ fd ) ) { $ contents .= fread ( $ fd , 8192 ) ; } fclose ( $ fd ) ; return $ contents ; } else { return false ; } }
read in a file

@param string $filename
@return string
read in a file