Re: Detecting Binaries

Couldn't you just check the extension on the file? On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 14:03, Axel IS Main wrote: > Guys, this isn't THAT stupid of a question is it? From my perspective, > the way PHP seems to see it is that I should already know what kind of > file I'm looking at. In most cases that's not an unreasonable > assumption. Unfortunately, that's only good for most cases. PHP is rich > in ways to work with the HTTP protocol, but has no way of detecting > whether it's opening a text file or a binary file. To me this is a > glaring omission. There has to be a way to do it, even if it's a > round-a-bout or backdoor kind of way. Nothing is impossible. > > Nick > > Axel IS Main wrote: > > > I'm using file_get_contents() to open URLs. Does anyone know if there > > is a way to look at the result and determine if the file is binary? > > I'd like to be able to block binaries from being processed without > > having to try to think of all the possible binary extensions and omit > > them with a function that looks for these extensions. > > > > Nick > > -- Adam Voigt adam@kotisprop.com