Couldn't you just check the extension on the file?

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 14:03, Axel IS Main wrote:
> Guys, this isn't THAT stupid of a question is it? From my perspective, 
> the way PHP seems to see it is that I should already know what kind of 
> file I'm looking at. In most cases that's not an unreasonable 
> assumption. Unfortunately, that's only good for most cases. PHP is rich 
> in ways to work with the HTTP protocol, but has no way of detecting 
> whether it's opening a text file or a binary file. To me this is a 
> glaring omission. There has to be a way to do it, even if it's a 
> round-a-bout or backdoor kind of way. Nothing is impossible.
> 
> Nick
> 
> Axel IS Main wrote:
> 
> > I'm using file_get_contents() to open URLs. Does anyone know if there 
> > is a way to look at the result and determine if the file is binary? 
> > I'd like to be able to block binaries from being processed without 
> > having to try to think of all the possible binary extensions and omit 
> > them with a function that looks for these extensions.
> >
> > Nick
> >
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