still ascii ftp .html, .php?

[blackhorse]

In the old time, when we use the ftp, we chose to ftp .html .php as ascii, or the ftp would auto select ascii as the mode for transfer .html, .php.

But given now, many .php .html files are unicode encode.

So would it be safe and simple just set up the ftp use binary transfer only, even for all php files? No more ascii ftp.

Plus, ascii ftp could be troublesome sometimes if client and server use different end of line characters.

[Weedpacket]

I've always used binary transfer.

The ASCII encoding dates back to the time when there was no guarantee that the receiving computer used the same encoding for characters as the sending computer, or even had the same number of bits per byte; so some encoding had to be set up for both computers to agree on (the second 'I' in "ASCII" stands for "interchange", after all). When 8 bits per byte became normal and ASCII became standard for character encoding internally, the only difference left was in how line endings were represented.

[blackhorse]

Thanks!

I always use binary but my client uses binary and ascii at free will and now I got some file format messed up with the end of line issue.

Now, I told my client be sure to "binary" too.