Bug #42661 [Com]: file_get_contents() reads binary data incorrectly
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=42661&edit=1
ID: 42661
Comment by: phare2013 at gmail dot com
Reported by: christian at vaneeden dot ca
Summary: file_get_contents() reads binary data incorrectly
Status: No Feedback
Type: Bug
Package: Streams related
Operating System: Redhat AS 4
PHP Version: 5.2.4
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
"readfile()" worked for me once,after that it also returned garbled binary.
Previous Comments:
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[2009-11-02 01:22:30] alex94040 at yahoo dot com
I'm experiencing the same issue on PHP 5.2.9 on Apache + Windows 7. readfile() as a workaround
doesn't work for me - same garbled text.
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[2007-09-19 10:30:57] jani@php.net
Just a note: using file_get_contents() in this is not very useful, readfile() is much better anyway.
Try this little script to see that it's is actually file_get_contents() that is buggy:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
$docFile = file_get_contents( 'word.doc' );
echo strlen($docFile), "\n";
echo file_put_contents( 'copy_word.doc', $docFile ), "\n";
?>
Then run this on the result:
# diff -a word.doc copy_word.doc
They should not differ..
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[2007-09-13 16:15:05] christian at vaneeden dot ca
Description:
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When you read in a binary file with file_get_contents() and try to output it, it comes out garbled.
Note: as a workaround use readfile()
Reproduce code:
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$docFile = file_get_contents( 'word.doc' );
header('Content-type: application/msword; charset: UTF-8');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="word.doc'"');
header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate');
print $docFile;
Expected result:
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A proper word document.
Actual result:
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Garbled binary text.
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