Might want to check out fpassthru (http://www.php.net/fpassthru).
Good luck -
--Toby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Chambers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: [PHP] writing a binary file to a browser
> I am trying to open a binary file from a URL, and then send that file
back
> to the user's browser (after setting the appropriate content-type).
>
> I think i have a handle on how to open the file :
>
> using either fread() or file()
>
> however, i am not sure how to iterate through the bytes, get the file
size,
> and write the bytes back to the browser?
>
> can anyone point me in the correct direction? Even if it is just the
> function name, that is helpful as I can look up the info in the php
manual.
>
> thanks in advance....
>
> mike chambers
>
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>
>
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