note 73887 added to function.fread

Since a fairly recent php (at least it's the case on 5.2.1), fread's memory behaviour changed. I used to be able to do things like <?php $s = fread($fp, 23985798219384); ?> to read an entire file, as long as I was sure the file would not be more than 23985798219384 bytes long. This worked like a charm (and as documented), but since recently, PHP tries to allocate 23985798219384 bytes no matter what. So, if you get memory allocation errors, replace such code by something like <?php $s = fread($fp, filesize($f)); ?> or even <?php $s = file_get_contents($f); ?> . ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.120 Probable Submitter: 131.155.199.103 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fread.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/73887 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/73887 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/73887 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php