note 43447 deleted from function.file-get-contents by tomsommer
| From: | tomsommer@php.net | Date: | Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:48:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 43447 deleted from function.file-get-contents by tomsommer | ||
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Note Submitter: Jordan Bradford
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I found this EXTREMELY helpful tip on the doc page for mail():
> hnjunk at stltntt dot org
> 25-Feb-2004 09:01
> In response to:
> > Hubert Ley <hley at anl dot gov>
> > 30-Jan-2004 11:08
> > The previous two examples for attaching files to a message
> > have a significant flaw that shows up when attaching
> > binary files (e.g. zipped or gzipped files).
> ...
> > versions seem to have a function "file_get_contents" that
> > seems to do the right thing, but I am unable to verify this.
>
> I use <?php $data = chunk_split(base64_encode(implode("", file($file)))); ?>
> and it works fine for text, binary, and zipped files. file_get_contents(), on the other hand, seems
> to create faulty stream.