Doc->Req #61549 [Csd->ReO]: 2GB string size limit is too small

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61549&edit=1 ID: 61549 Updated by: yohgaki@php.net Reported by: tstarling@php.net -Summary: String size limit +Summary: 2GB string size limit is too small -Status: Closed +Status: Re-Opened -Type: Documentation Problem +Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Documentation problem +Package: Scripting Engine problem -Operating System: +Operating System: any -PHP Version: 5.4.0 +PHP Version: master -Assigned To: yohgaki +Assigned To: dmitry Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Re-opened as feature request. String size is limited by zvalue due to "signed int" for string length. 2GB string size limit is too small for today. Memory is cheap and there many PC has more than 8GB or more. It's simply too small for load large files, etc. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-30 10:26:27] yohgaki@php.net This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-29 03:08:53] tstarling@php.net Description: ------------ According to language.types.string.php: "Note: It is no problem for a string to become very large. PHP imposes no boundary on the size of a string; the only limit is the available memory of the computer on which PHP is running." The incorrectness of this statement is growing as time goes on. Strings are limited to 2GB, which is a small and ever-shrinking fraction of the memory available on a typical modern server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61549&edit=1