(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_LoadFile

Load all the data from a file path.

Header File

Syntax

void * SDL_LoadFile(const char *file, size_t *datasize);

Function Parameters

const char *	file	the path to read all available data from.
size_t *	datasize	if not NULL, will store the number of bytes read.

Return Value

(void *) Returns the data or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.

Remarks

The data is allocated with a zero byte at the end (null terminated) for convenience. This extra byte is not included in the value reported via datasize.

The data should be freed with SDL_free().

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.