Re: Question reading a file

On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 15:25 -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a few questions -- this is my first one. > > Please review this link: > > http://webbytedd.com/cccc/perms/ > > This page simply reads the contents of a file of the user's choice and displays the > file's data. > > My first question is with regard to reading a file ( fread() ): > > If the user picks the PDF file, the [1] First 20 bytes are: %PDF... > If the user picks a JPG file, the [1] First 20 bytes are: ...JFFIF... > If the user picks a GIF file, the [1] First 20 bytes are: GIF89a... > > Of course, the above is just reading/echoing the header for each of those files. > > Likewise, if the user picks a TXT or CSS file, then [1] First 20 bytes echoed are the first 20 > characters of the file. > > However, if the user picks a HTML or PHP file, there are no [1] First 20 bytes echoed. > > BUT, the ord() and chr() of the bytes ARE indeed collected and can be echoed as shown in > statements [2] and [3]. > > So, my question is specifically "Why is the data gathered in the variable $content not > echoed for the HTML and PHP files, but is for all other files?" > > Please review the code shown. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > _____________________ > tedd@sperling.com > http://sperling.com > > > > > > This might sound silly, but is it because it's being interpreted somehow? I could understand the HTML going a little weird because of this, not sure about the PHP, would depend what was trying to interpret it... -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk