The best replacement for fread is read.

The best alternatives to fread are rated as following:
★★★★★  read
★★★  fgets
★★★  readfile
★★★  fgetc
★★  fscanf
★★  file_get_contents
★  fgets php
★  ifstream
★  readfile php
★  stream_get_contents
  fscanf matlab
  mmap

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