#36500 [Opn->Bgs]: problem with readfile

ID: 36500 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: neppo at pobox dot sk -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Variables related Operating System: Windowns XP PHP Version: 5.1.2 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php http://php.net/readfile is not http://php.net/file_get_contents Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-02-23 21:10:16] neppo at pobox dot sk Description: ------------ i've got file where is written e.g. 16 and filesize is 2 B i gave readfile("x.txt") to variable, name is not important, and then when i called variable e.g. echo $read it showed me 162 . it means that it wrote the file and after it is written filesize. so i can't use readfile in variable Reproduce code: --------------- $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; Expected result: ---------------- x.txt = 16 filesize = 2 $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; /write 16 Actual result: -------------- x.txt = 16 filesize = 2 $read = readfile("x.txt"); echo $read; /is writting 162 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36500&edit=1