reading binary files

[leatherback]

Hi All,

I am building a database to manage a large set of data, from a variety of sources. One part of this data does not come in ASCII formatted text, but in binary files. The actual content is text however. Is there anybody with an idea of how to read binary files, and convert the content in ASCII formatted files using PhP? Where do I start looking? As far as I can tell, the normal file commands do not work, or..?

Thanks,

J.

[OhLordy]

read the file binary with the extra "b" flag on fopen

<?
$fp=fopen($a_file,"rb");
?>

Not sure how to convert it into ASCII, guess it depends on how it was encoded?
What format is the binary file in?
What
HTH
Rob

[leatherback]

I am not sure. I though it was 4 bits. How do I define that in PhP?

J.