note 51038 added to function.fread

You will probably want to call unpack() if you are trying to read binary data out of a file and you want to interpret the data you read (rather than just passing it through to a browser). For example, if you were reading the header if a binary file format such as a BMP image file you would need to read 4 byte integers out of the binary file. fread() will return the binary data in a string. unpack() will let you extract data out of the string an use it as a number. <?php function Read32BitLittleEndianIntFromBinaryFile($FileHandle) { $BinaryData = fread($FileHandle, 4); $UnpackedData = unpack("V", $BinaryData); return $UnpackedData[1]; } ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51038 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51038&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51038&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51038&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51038&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51038&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51038&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php