PHP - Binary

 <?php
 $handle = fopen('/path/to/file', 'rb');
 $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
 fclose($handle);
 ?>

 <?php
 bindec();
 decbin();
 ?>

 <?php
 // For changing endianness, just use strrev()
 // %016b for 16-bit, %032b for 32-bit
 strrev(sprintf("%016b", $int));
 ?>

 <?php
 // For parsing binary file formats,
 // use pack/unpack
 function get_gif_header($image_file)
 {
  
	 /* Open the image file in binary mode */
	 if(!$fp = fopen ($image_file, 'rb')) return 0;
  
	 /* Read 20 bytes from the top of the file */
	 if(!$data = fread ($fp, 20)) return 0;
  
	 /* Create a format specifier */
	 $header_format = 
			 'A6Version/' . # Get the first 6 bytes
			 'C2Width/' .   # Get the next 2 bytes
			 'C2Height/' .  # Get the next 2 bytes
			 'C1Flag/' .    # Get the next 1 byte
			 '@11/' .       # Jump to the 12th byte
			 'C1Aspect';    # Get the next 1 byte
 
	 /* Unpack the header data */
	 $header = unpack ($header_format, $data);
  
	 $ver = $header['Version'];
  
	 if($ver == 'GIF87a' || $ver == 'GIF89a') {
		 return $header;
	 } else {
		 return 0;
	 }
 }
  
 /* Run our example */
 print_r(get_gif_header("aboutus.gif"));
 
 /*
 Array
 (
	 [Version] => GIF89a
	 [Width1] => 97
	 [Width2] => 0
	 [Height1] => 33
	 [Height2] => 0
	 [Flag] => 247
	 [Aspect] => 0
 )
 */
 ?>