Load Binary File to an Encoded String

Demonstrates how to load a binary file directly into a string encoded as base64, hex, URL, quoted-printable, etc.

Download Chilkat FileAccess ActiveX (freeware)

<?php

$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

//  The 2nd argument specifies the encoding and may
//  be "base64", "hex", "url", or "qp".
$encodedStr = $fac->readBinaryToEncoded('sample.pdf','base64');
if (is_null($encodedStr)) {
    print $fac->lastErrorText() . "\n";
}
else {
    print $encodedStr . "\n";
}

?>