## Data (RFC 2397)

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

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'];
?>`

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