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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:37:37 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] readfile() memory usage
From: preinheimer@gmail.com (Paul Reinheimer)

Hi Larry,

> 4) So given #2 and #3, the "readfile() will kill your memory, don't use i=
t"
> line is a persistent urban legend that belongs on Snopes as debunked.
> =A0Looping on fread() for performance is a red herring.

I implemented this earlier this very year to avoid memory issues (a
quick look at project history shows me working on it in January). The
difference between using readfile, and some convoluted method from the
documentation comments was clear and immediate: corrupted download
with out of memory error in the logs, to things working just fine.

Let me re-create with a simple test script and share my server details
before we call snopes :)



paul