<?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $a = unserialize(file_get_contents('test.dat')); var_dump($a); $a = unserialize(file_get_contents('C:\\development\\pear-core\\tests\\PEAR_DependencyDB\\tester\\.registry\\archive_tar.reg')); $fp = fopen('C:\\development\\pear-core\\tests\\PEAR_DependencyDB\\tester\\.registry\\archive_tar.reg', 'r'); $a = fread($fp, 4501); fclose($fp); var_dump(substr($a, 2420)); var_dump($a); ?>