RE: [PHP-WIN] can't read binary files containg '0x0' character

Feeding the function with the proper arguments will allow one to make things (almost) behave in the way one would like to predict them. However trying to relay on special features found in one API is just asking for trouble when migrating them to another API. Assuming php just wraps C's fopen(), then the possible mode to provide fopen() with should be: "r", "w", "a" "rb", "wb", "ab" "r+", "w+", "a+" "r+b" or "rb+", "w+b" or "wb+", "a+b" or "ab+", r and w is read respectively write (text) open mode. "w" mode creates a new file or truncates an existing file on opening. Mode "a" opens the file in append mode and adds data to the end of the file. An Additional mode "b" opens the file in binary mode - that is no character translation is performed. Adding mode "+" opens the file for both reading and writing. However, "w+" creates a new file if none existing or truncates an existing file on opening. Opening a file in binary mode will ensure that you read the raw file. Opening a file in text mode makes the system parse the file before returning data to the API programmer. The behavior of text mode is system dependent, even sometimes compiler dependent. For example on some platforms (not mentioning any particular, but it is M$ environment) closing a text file in write mode might cause additional junk be appended to the end of the file - causing lots of problem for other applications. Cheers, /Anders >-----Original Message----- >From: Roland Divin [mailto:xdivr03@vse.cz] >Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 9:33 PM >To: php-windows@lists.php.net >Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] can't read binary files containg '0x0' character > > >Thanks, you're right. Now it works even using dll module (not CGI) version. >Anyway it is strange that the behavior of the fread function is conditioned >whether I use dll module or CGI... > >Roland > >"Mark" <maggelet@mminternet.com> píse v diskusním príspevku >news:200110121918.f9CJIEr06509@zeus.mminternet.net... >On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 21:00:24 +0200, Roland Divin wrote: >>Hi, >>I can'r read binary file that contains '0x0' character. Reading >>process >>stops after reading '0x0' character on windows version of PHP. On >>Linux it >>does not. >> >>That same code gives another result on windows then on linux. Why? >>(Consider file text.txt is contaning '0x0' characters. I'm using >>PHP4 build >>from Jun 22 2001.) >> >>$filename = "text.txt"; >>$fd = fopen ($filename, "r"); > >should be "rb" for binary files. > >>$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename)); >>fclose ($fd); >>echo $contents; >>echo strlen($contents); >>for($i=0;$i<strlen($contents);$i++) >>{ echo "$i:".ord($contents[$i])."<br>"; } >> >>Isn't it bug? >> >>Thanks >>Roland Divin >> >> >> > > >-- >Mark, maggelet@mminternet.com on 10/11/01 > > > > > >-- >PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: >php-list-admin@lists.php.net >