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Note Submitter: anonymous at php dot net ---- how to read BIG files using fseek (above 2GB+, upto any size like 4GB+, 100GB+, 100 terabyes+, any file size, 100 petabytes, max limit is php_float_max ) ? // seek / set file pointer to 50 GB my_fseek($fp, floatval(50000000000),1); function my_fseek($fp,$pos,$first=0) { // set to 0 pos initially, one-time if($first) fseek($fp,0,SEEK_SET); // get pos float value $pos=floatval($pos); // within limits, use normal fseek if($pos<=PHP_INT_MAX) fseek($fp,$pos,SEEK_CUR); // out of limits, use recursive fseek else { fseek($fp,PHP_INT_MAX,SEEK_CUR); $pos -= PHP_INT_MAX; my_fseek($fp,$pos); } } hope this helps.