note 12972 deleted from function.file by jimw
| From: | jimw@php.net | Date: | Sat, 08 Dec 2001 22:05:13 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 12972 deleted from function.file by jimw | ||
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The readfile() and file() functions are NOT identical! Readfile() is binary safe while file() is
not. I found this after much frustration when my images were coming up with errors after using the
file() function. If you need to read an image or executable, use fread instead.