Req #45864 [Opn->Csd]: 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 User updated by: php at richardneill dot org Reported by: php at richardneill dot org Summary: wish: fwrite to support direct output of bytes (not cast to string) -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 5.2.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I the person who originally wrote this request, I think my 7-year-ago self didn't know enough C to really realise what I was talking about. The pack() answer is clearly a better solution. Thanks for your time, and please feel free to close this as wontfix. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-07-07 22:33:53] cmb@php.net 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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