Re: handling large files w/readfile

Sebastian wrote:

i'm working on a app which output files with readfile() and some headers.. i read a comment in the manual that says if your outputting a file php will use the same amount of memory as the size of the file. so, if the file is 100MB php will use 100MB of memory.. is this true? I did a comparision study of readfile() and related functions you will see that results at http://www.raditha.com/wiki/Readfile_vs_include

What I discovered was that require,include() and file_get_contents() would consume more memory than the file size. Not so with readfile or fpasstru

if it is, how can i work around this? go ahead and use readfile.

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