fwrite in php not working in binary mode

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I am a .net guy and have got a code which works on one of our servers but not on the other, not even on my local machine. The code snippet is given below:

//$flocal1 = fopen($MVfile_name.".txt", "w");
//@fwrite($flocal1, "my name is gaurav pandey!!!");
//opening file
$flocal = fopen($MVfile_name, $mode);

//writing to file

if (!(@fwrite($flocal, $contents))) 
{

//writing error if writing operation failed

  exit(NotUpload);

}

//closing file fclose($flocal);

As we can see, I tried same code with writing a text file with a string and that worked fine, but with binary files, I am getting the error.

Emil Vikström · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-29 16:52:07Z

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If you're on a Windows server, use the b flag to fopen.

fopen($filename, 'wb');

This should already by set by PHP according to the manual, but maybe you are on an old server where this isn't the case.

answered Apr 29, 2011 at 16:52

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Gaurav Pandey Over a year ago

But then how this code is working fine on some other machines? I am not able to understand.

Emil Vikström Over a year ago

You question does not contain enough info to help here. Which charset is the file saved as? How do you know $flocal is the correct value? What are you trying to do?

Gaurav Pandey Over a year ago

Actually I am using a webcam recorder and it posts the value to my php file, the file stream is of type .mp4. $flocal might be the correct value as the file is created first time here and the file stream is being written into it.

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