Re: binary file + fread

Try <?php $filename = "/export/html/log"; $fd = fopen( $filename, "rb" ); //Notice the "b" $a = fread( $fd, 4 ); $b = fread( $fd, 4 ); printf( "a= %lx b=%lx", $a, $b); fclose( $fd ); ?> notice the "b" in the fopen, it stand for binary. Paul Michael Agbaglo wrote: > Hi ! > > I've some trouble w/ the following peace of code... Althoug the file > doesn't contain zeros at the beginning the output is > a= 0 b=0 > > Is there a problem w/ fread ? (php 4.0.6, RedHat 7.2) > > <?php > $filename = "/export/html/log"; > $fd = fopen( $filename, "r" ); > $a = fread( $fd, 4 ); > $b = fread( $fd, 4 ); > printf( "a= %lx b=%lx", $a, $b); > fclose( $fd ); > ?>