Re: note 40785 rejected and deleted from function.substr-replace by notes editor didou

I *wasn't* reporting a bug, or suggesting a new feature, or asking for support! I was merely sharing my experiences in the hope that other PHP programmers will find it useful. Please put my comment back again. On Mon 15 Mar, webmaster@php.net wrote: > You are receiving this email because your note posted > to the on-line PHP manual has been removed by one of the editors. > > Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they contain > pointers to resources better suited for requesting support or > reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual notes > because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal with > those issues. > > The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please > use the resources listed in > <http://www.php.net/support.php> > for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read > those instructions before submitting future contributions. > > Bug Submissions and Feature Requests should be entered at > <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use the > bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation problem". > Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be found > at <http://www.php.net/support.php>. > > Your note has been removed from the on-line manual. > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > Seems like substr_replace eats quite a lot of memory to perform the replacement, which > means you can hit your php.ini memory limit if doing substring replacements on binary > files. eg, I'm doing replacements on a 1.5Mb file but hitting the configured 8Mb limi > t. -- Nick Smith, Webmaster, Climbers.net UK