# MongoGridFSFile::getBytes

(PECL mongo >=0.9.0)

MongoGridFSFile::getBytes — Returns this file's contents as a string of bytes

### Description

public MongoGridFSFile::getBytes ( ) : string

Warning: this will load the file into memory. If the file is bigger than your memory, this will cause problems!

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns a string of the bytes in the file.

### Examples

Example #1 MongoGridFSFile::getBytes() example

`<?php
$images = $db->my_db->getGridFS('images');
$image = $images->findOne('jwage.png');
header('Content-type: image/png;');
echo $image->getBytes();
?>`