data://

data:// — Data (RFC 2397)

Description

The data: (» RFC 2397) stream wrapper is available since PHP 5.2.0.

Options

  • data://text/plain;base64,

Options

Wrapper Summary
Attribute Supported
Restricted by allow_url_fopen No
Restricted by allow_url_include Yes
Allows Reading Yes
Allows Writing No
Allows Appending No
Allows Simultaneous Reading and Writing No
Supports stat() No
Supports unlink() No
Supports rename() No
Supports mkdir() No
Supports rmdir() No

Examples

Example #1 Print data:// contents

<?php
// prints "I love PHP"
echo file_get_contents('data://text/plain;base64,SSBsb3ZlIFBIUAo=');
?>

Example #2 Fetch the media type

<?php
$fp   = fopen('data://text/plain;base64,', 'r');
$meta = stream_get_meta_data($fp);

// prints "text/plain"
echo $meta['mediatype'];
?>