#34750 [Opn]: filesize()/stat() fails on too big files

ID: 34750 User updated by: aulbach at mayflower dot de Reported By: aulbach at mayflower dot de Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: all PHP Version: 4.4.0 New Comment: Or think of the case, that you want to read data from a database, which is >32 bit. Or 32 bit unsigned. That's a real life problem! We have those problems more and more. ... Today I got this message from a "kid": "stat() in perl work propertly !!! perl - rulezzz !" :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-06 10:38:36] aulbach at mayflower dot de - it's not a feature request, it's a workarround over a problem, that otherwise cannot be solved within PHP! (without calling external programs) - For longer term, there is no question, that PHP needs 64 bit integer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-06 10:22:20] derick@php.net This is not a bug, but a feature request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-10-06 10:08:18] aulbach at mayflower dot de Description: ------------ Writing a php command-line script, which scans all my files on my big raid, I mentioned, that PHP is not able to handle the case, when the files are bigger than 4 GB. But this is more and more used, cause for example complete DVD-images are just put in one file. PHP itself cannot handle bigger numbers, cause it uses 32 bit integer. Currently I help me with ls but that's no real solution. Everyone is using 64 bit integer now. There are many cases, timestamps for example. For now I suggest, that the number is stored as a string, if it gets too big. I use that number only to write it into the database (which can handle 64 bit int), so for that case this is correct. For long term, I suggest a mechanism, that automatically assigns 64 bit integer, if the number gets too big. Reproduce code: --------------- $fsize = filesize($path); // returns invalid if file is too big, the rest of the program will fail, if I assume, that there will be a number OR $stats = stat($path); // complete record invalid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34750&edit=1