[SOLVED] when reading from file it displays the data all crazy looking????

[cluce]

when reading from file it displays the data all crazy looking and I am not sure why this is. Some files work and some don't. Can anybody shed some light on this??  I am pretty sure my code is right.

<?php
$filename = "AD.csv";
$fp = fopen($filename, "r") or die("Couldn't open $filename");
while (!feof($fp)) {
$line = fgets($fp, 1024);
echo $line."<br/>";
}
?>

I just would like to know whats going on.  here is an example of the output...);_(* "-"??_);_(@_)àõÿ À àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ àõÿ ôÀ à

Also, does this code only work on certain file types?

[Dragen]

I've never tried using csv files with php, but that may be the problem.

[cluce]

actually csv file are the only type of files I can get to display right. well some csv files does and some dont. I am thinking it might be the data in the file that screwed up????

[Dragen]

perhaps.. Have you tried creating a test file to see what happens. It may be that new files will be okay and the old files are somehow corrupt.

[per1os]

What file types are showing up bad, .xls? It seems like you are reading a binary file, which would be the reason for the garbled text. Remember you cannot read a binary file like that you have to have some type of a program/intrepretor. Such as .xls (excel) file provides a way to export the data as cvs so it can be easily read.

[cluce]

What file types are showing up bad, .xls? It seems like you are reading a binary file, which would be the reason for the garbled text. Remember you cannot read a binary file like that you have to have some type of a program/intrepretor. Such as .xls (excel) file provides a way to export the data as cvs so it can be easily read.

yes. thats what haappened.

 

But I did try reading doc, txt, and xls just to see what would happened and none of those worked. the only files I can read with php are the csv files and I have to actually save it as csv not just rename the file extension for it to work. I think I got it for now. thanks