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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] readfile() memory usage
From: preinheimer@gmail.com (Paul Reinheimer)

Hi,

> It sounds like it. =A0In that case the memory spike is happening in the o=
utput
> buffer, where the file is streamed into by readfile() in 8K chunks until =
the
> output buffer explodes. :-)
>
> So, I think we're back to "urban legend" territory.


That's good to know. Thanks, and my apologies for adding confusion to the i=
ssue.

One question, with a value of 4096 for the ini directive, shouldn't it
be flushing data to the client long before I run into memory issues?
What have I missed here.


thanks
paul