What kind of string is this? What can I do in php to read it?
- by kevin
This is a string (see below, after the dashed line) in a database.inf file for a free program I downloaded that lists some websites.
The file is plain text as you can see , but there is a string after it that looks base64 encoded (due to the end chars of ==). But b64_decoding it gives giberish.
I wanted to decode it so I could add to the list of sites it had (the program lists a bunch of sites and data about them which I can read in the GUI) and to do that I need to decode this, add to it, and re-encode it.
I think the program uses .net since I think the .net library was required on install, but I know nothing of the original source language.
I am using php to figure out if there is a simple way to read this. I have tried using unpack, binhex, base_convert, etc as I suspect the file is binary at some level, but I am lost.
Nothing illegal, just wanting to know what it is and if I can add a few things to it to make it more useful for me.
here is the file - any ideas how to decode and recode this for playing with?
Site List
file size: 62139
db version: 13
generated: 2010-04-27 11:53:40
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