Re: File Write Operation Slows to a Crawl....

fschnittke@execulink.com wrote: > Thanks Paul and Shawn: > > I can't answer the Why's in your posts, as this is literally my first > attempt at PHP, but I will investigate your response and refine my code > accordingly. > > What I did find is that by replacing the following code: > > $fhandle = fopen("/ramdrive/import_file.txt", "w"); > foreach($new_format as $data) { > fputs($fhandle, "$data"); > } > fclose($fhandle); > > > with this code: > > $fp = fopen('data.txt', 'a'); > fwrite($fp, $new_format[$each_rec]); > fclose($fp); > > The parsing finished literally, within seconds. I don't have to worry > about anyone else opening this file, so I think this should work ok. > > Thanks for your help.... > > > Fred Schnittke > > > ---------------------------- > Powered by Execulink Webmail > http://www.execulink.com/ > Good job! I posted a minute ago with 2 options, but for your fix I would recommend the following: // move this before your while() $fp = fopen('data.txt', 'w'); //notice the 'w' now // move this after the } that ends your while fclose($fp); Should save even more time because you're not opening and closing the file each time through the while(). -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com