[Resolved] Read file as binary data

[sharyn]

I'm trying to use the Zend ZIP class and at some point I have to read my file into a binary data string and then store it into the Zip file. This may be a very simple process, but I don't know how to do it. The documentation at Zend just says

//add the binary data stored in the string 'filedata'
  $filedata = "(read your file into $filedata)";
  $zipfile -> add_file($filedata, "dir/file.txt");

The files are of varying types : text, jpg, tif, xls, etc...

I've looked around various sites including this one, but I may be typing in the wrong search words. In anycase, can anyone give me a clue?

Thanks a mill,
- sharyn

[Weedpacket]

[man]fopen[/man] and [man]fread[/man] work on binary files, too.

[sharyn]

Weedpacket,

Thanks for your answer. I am using file_get_contents and that seems to work perfectly for what I need. 😃

• sharyn