note 46505 added to function.base64-decode

I had the task of base64 decoding a large (>1Mb) file, and PHP fell over on my server when trying to base64 decode such a lot of data in one go. I found that you could cut the file into smaller chunks, decode them individually and recombine to form a decoded file. This worked as long as the size of each chunk was divisible by 4, as base64 encodes in 4 character groups. <?php #open input and output files $infile = fopen($input_file_name, "r"); $outfile = fopen($output_file_name, "w"); #step through input file while (!feof($infile)) { #get a 1024 byte (256*4) piece of infile $line = fread($infile, 1024); #base64 decode it and write it to outfile fwrite ($outfile,base64_decode($line)); } #close the files fclose ($infile); fclose ($outfile); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.base64-decode.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+46505 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46505&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+46505&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php