Title: POMO_FileReader::__construct
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# POMO_FileReader::__construct( string $filename )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#related)

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## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$filename`stringrequired

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __construct( $filename ) {
    	parent::__construct();
    	$this->_f = fopen( $filename, 'rb' );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php#L167)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/pomo/streams.php#L167-L170)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/POMO_FileReader/__construct/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [POMO_Reader::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_reader/__construct/)`wp-includes/pomo/streams.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [POMO_FileReader::POMO_FileReader()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/pomo_filereader/pomo_filereader/)`wp-includes/pomo/streams.php` |

PHP4 constructor.

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| [MO::import_from_file()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/mo/import_from_file/)`wp-includes/pomo/mo.php` |

Fills up with the entries from MO file $filename

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