Re: Quick file_get_contents() questions...your opinion needed

* Thus wrote Mag: > I did look at the fopen option...but it just seemed a > little longer and more complicated to do that plus > according to this benchmark > (http://force-elite.com/~chip/projects/php/benchmarks/file-vs-fgets/) > using file_get_contents is upto 6 times faster (?) in > some cases.. You certaintly dont want to do a file() on a 20MB file. There are times when you'll want to use fopen vs file/file_get_contents. file_get_contents will be much faster for a couple of reasons. for one, getting the same results as file_get_contents you have to do something like: $string = implode("\n", file($file)); Another reson file_get_contents() will be faster is because it uses (when available on the OS) a special memory allocation that is much more efficiant, than other file reading tools. Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."