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file comparision
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:00 pm
by swaruu
how do i compare two files in php ? can anyone help me ?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:44 am
by Oren
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:45 am
by thallish
you can use
file() or
file_get_contents(), and the compare the arrays or strings
dont know if this is the most effective way though
EDIT: Oren's response is better

Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:52 am
by Ollie Saunders
md5_file is great for testing equality but not much else. What exactly is the comparison based on?
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:34 pm
by feyd
use
filesize() before using
md5_file(). Why spend time doing an md5 hash if they are different sizes.
