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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Johnny Richard <johnny@johnnyrichard.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * This file is part of obe.
+ *
+ * obe is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * obe is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+ * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with obe. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+#include <obe/utils.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+char*
+read_file_contents(char* file_path)
+{
+    FILE* file;
+    int file_size;
+
+    file = fopen(file_path, "r");
+
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        perror("fopen");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) == -1) {
+        perror("fseek SEEK_END");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if ((file_size = ftell(file)) == -1) {
+        perror("ftell");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1) {
+        perror("fseek 0 SEEK_SET");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    char* file_content = (char*)calloc(file_size + 1, sizeof(char));
+    if (file_content == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not allocate mem for file_content\n");
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    size_t ret = fread(file_content, sizeof(char), file_size, file);
+    if (ret == 0 && ferror(file) != 0) {
+        perror("fread");
+        free(file_content);
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    fclose(file);
+
+    return file_content;
+}