Re: [PHP] Reading binary file data into variable
I have one for windows, think it works with PHP4 aswell, not sure where i put it so let me know if you require it and Ill dig it up? problem is it wont work on Linux. Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Did you try using fopen's binary safe read? Something like : [/snip] Shy of being able to do this in the way that I imagined, does anyone know of a class (not requiring PHP 5, as one does on phpclasses.org) that will allow me to specify several PDF and/or other files in a directory to be zipped up so that the archive can be unzipped by the great unwashed at some point? TVMIA -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Reading binary file data into variable
Jay Blanchard wrote:
I am following Coggeshall's article on Zend for creating ZIP files. I
seem to have run into a problem with PDF's though.
In his code you have to read the file into a variable. I have tried
file_get_contents, readfile, a combination of fopen, fpassthru, etc
$filedata = readfile(INVOICEDIR.AOM.1075.542.54243641075B05130.pdf);
The next line in this little jewel runs the data through the ZIP
routines,
$zipfile-add_file($filedata,
tempzip/AOM.1075.542.54243641075B05130.pdf);
I stayed up too late last night and got up too early this morning, so I
am just brain-farting on what I should do here. How do I get (or can I
get) the PDF data into the variable so that it comes out smelling like a
rose on the other end of the train where the ZIP file get opened and the
individual files are exapndable?
BTW, I have tested this with text too. I am having some problems there
as well, because file_get_contents seems to leave things 'short'.
However, if I fopen the text file and read the text into a variable I
can do the output side.
I appreciate any and all insight into this problem, even Nichel's :)
Did you try using fopen's binary safe read? Something like :
$binary_data = ;
$fp = fopen ( $file, rb );
while ( ! feof ( $fp ) ) {
$binary_data .= fgets ( $fp );
}
fclose ( $fp );
Don't know if it will work (or if you already tried it)...more like a guess.
PS don't trust that Nichel guy, he's really a HTML monkey using Front Page.
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RE: [PHP] Reading binary file data into variable
[snip]
Did you try using fopen's binary safe read? Something like :
$binary_data = ;
$fp = fopen ( $file, rb );
while ( ! feof ( $fp ) ) {
$binary_data .= fgets ( $fp );
}
fclose ( $fp );
Don't know if it will work (or if you already tried it)...more like a
guess.
[/snip]
Yes, tried that. It throws an error when trying to open the ZIP file
missing 1 byte in Zip File...
[snip]
PS don't trust that Nichel guy, he's really a HTML monkey using Front
Page.
[/snip]
But I think I can make him buy us all a beer one day. BTW, even though
this is Texas I found some Dixie the other daymm
delicious Dixie Beer.
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RE: [PHP] Reading binary file data into variable
[snip] Did you try using fopen's binary safe read? Something like : [/snip] Shy of being able to do this in the way that I imagined, does anyone know of a class (not requiring PHP 5, as one does on phpclasses.org) that will allow me to specify several PDF and/or other files in a directory to be zipped up so that the archive can be unzipped by the great unwashed at some point? TVMIA -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
