[5.6] get contents of uploaded file

src/Illuminate/Http/UploadedFile.php

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\Factory as FilesystemFactory;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile as SymfonyUploadedFile;
 
@@ -86,6 +87,21 @@ public function storeAs($path, $name, $options = [])
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the contents of the uploaded file.
+     *
+     * @return bool|string
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function getContents()
+    {
+        if ($this->isValid()) {
+            return file_get_contents($this->getPathname());
+        }
+
+        throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist at path {$this->getPathname()}");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new file instance from a base instance.
      *

tests/Http/HttpUploadedFileTest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Tests\Http;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
+
+class HttpUploadedFileTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testUploadedFileCanRetrieveContentsFromTextFile()
+    {
+        $file = new UploadedFile(
+            __DIR__.'/fixtures/test.txt',
+            'test.txt',
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            true
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals('This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.', trim($file->getContents()));
+    }
+}

tests/Http/fixtures/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a story about something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child.