On Windows, can you use UNC like paths to files in PHP, for functions like file_get_contents(), etc?

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Published on 2009-07-07T18:01:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 8:21 UTC
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(Assuming the network folders/permissions are correctly set up and working in Windows, and a 'default' PHP setup...)

Is it possible to use UNC network paths [like \\ServerName\Folder\file.txt] in PHP's functions like file_get_contents(), fopen(), etc?

And/or, what special cases allow/disallow this?

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