Req #45864 [Opn]: wish: fwrite to support direct output of bytes (not cast to string)

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45864&edit=1 ID: 45864 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: php at richardneill dot org Summary: wish: fwrite to support direct output of bytes (not cast to string) Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 5.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: That seems too low-level to me. As PHP strings may contain arbitrary bytes, you can easily build up the desired output string(s) with pack('c*', ...) and write this/these to the file. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-19 15:50:44] php at richardneill dot org Description: ------------ fwrite() outputs to file as a string. While this is usually a sensible default, it can be rather annoying when I actually want to output raw data. I know about using chr(), but that's ugly at least. My request: add an option to fwrite that lets you output a char, rather than a string. [The chr() workaround is also not very visibly documented]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45864&edit=1