Re: memory allocation problems with fgets

# maurizio.molina@dante.org.uk / 2007-01-15 16:43:50 +0000: > Hi, > I have a script parsing the lines of a (rather large) file: > > while (!feof($outPluginfh)) { > $outPlugin = fgets ($outPluginfh,1024); > # process $outPlugin here... > .... > } > > Now, with large files I was running into an memory allocation error > (after 16MB of allocation..). > It looks that php is allocating space for each fgets call, an not > releasing it, in spite of the return value being always assigned to the > same variable. > I red in other posts that for removing this 16MB limit I can simply put > the statement > ini_set("memory_limit",-1); > at the beginning, and in fact this line does the job. What makes you sure that loop is the culprit? Does the script still work if you set memory_limit to -1 right before the loop, and back to its old value right after it? -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991