Re: problems with fread and binary info

"Joel Schopp" <spiffy@babel.acu.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.10.10007191615410.1582-100000@babel.acu.edu... > I am using php4pl2. I am using the cgi version with apache. I have found > I am not alone in problems related to pulling graphics off of webpages and > trying to store them locally. I just haven't found a workaround. <snip> > <?php > header("Content-type: image/gif"); > $image_file = fopen("http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0070131430.01.MZZZZZZZ.gif",'rb'); > $image_data = fread($image_file,-1); > echo $image_data; > ?> Try using stripslashes($image_data) or stripcslashes($image_data) . In my limited experience with binary data, I've noted that PHP inserts \'s in front of things like quotes; I'm not sure whether it does this while storing data or printing data or both. http://www.php.net/manual/function.stripslashes.php http://www.php.net/manual/function.stripcslashes.php -- O.