note 25084 added to function.fpassthru

Don't mix this function with passthru() which executes an external command and pipes its output to the standard output, like the backtick, except that the result is not returned in a string. fpassthru() is generally not restricted in safe_mode (provided that you have access to the referenced file), and it is great for example when a script must return an image from a collection. Note however that before using fpassthru() to return an image or binary file or downloaded file, you should explicitly set its content-type to something else than the default text/html. And don't forget to use "exit;" to avoid adding garbage characters or newlines after the passed through file (for example superfluous CRLF that may be present at end of your present script after the ?> tag). For example: <?php $name = "foobar.gif"; header("Content-Type: image/gif"); header("Content-Length: ".filesize($name)); fpassthru($name); exit; ?> -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fpassthru.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+25084 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+25084 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+25084