Re: fread() memory problems

Ashley Sheridan wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: > I was just wondering why fread() seems to use so much memory when > reading in a file. My php.ini has a script memory limit of 32MB, yet PHP > hits its memory limit on a 19MB mbox file that I'm reading in. How is it > possible that this function can use 150% of a files' size in memory?! > > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > Is it possible that the file is 8-bit characters and your PHP implementation is converting it to 16-bit characters? I'm not sure what settings would be involved for that, but no-one else has responded so I thought a vague idea might be better than nothing! -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent