note 30286 added to function.fread

I am writing a PHP program that parses syslog data into a mySQL database. I have come across a problem. I have a text file that contains: from=<a.degruiter@xpedite.com.au> When I run the following code, $filename = "testfile.txt"; $handle = fopen ($filename, "r"); $contents = fread ($handle, filesize ($filename)); fclose ($handle); print $contents; It outputs only from= Does anyone know why??? -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+30286 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+30286 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+30286