RE: [PHP] Comparing files

Yes! Thanks a lot, "md5_file" suits perfectly well my needs. I've read that 'exec'ing the md5 command is faster... I'll see when performance on large files will become an issue. Thanks again, -- Mathieu -----Message d'origine----- De : Thijs Lensselink [mailto:dev@lenss.nl] Envoyé : Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:09 PM À : php-general@lists.php.net Objet : Re: [PHP] Comparing files Quoting mathieu leddet <mathieu.leddet@mobilescope.com>: > Hi all, > > I have a simple question : how can I ensure that 2 files are identical ? > > How about this ? > > --------8<------------------------------------------------------ > > function files_identical($path1, $path2) { > > return (file_get_contents($path1) == file_get_contents($path2)); > > } > > --------8<------------------------------------------------------ > > Note that I would like to compare any type of files (text and binary). > > Thanks for any help, > > > -- > Mathieu > You could use "md5_file" for this. Something like: function files_identical($path1, $path2) { return (md5_file($path1) == md5_file($path2)); } -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php