PHP reading big txt file, memory solution

Asked Jan 13 '17 at 13:33

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I have a big text file (like 10.000 row). Im trying to fix memory problems. I'm using this code, to read every row from my text file.

$handle = fopen("votes.txt", "r") or die("Couldn't get handle");
if ($handle) 
{
    while (!feof($handle))
    {
        $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096);
        echo $buffer."</br>";
    }
    fclose($handle);
}

When i read the file, is taking too much time, and i guess taking too much memory. Any solution to reading this file line by line. Important: i dont want to read all rows at the same time, i want to read line by line.

asked Jan 13 '17 at 13:33

If all you're doing is reading/displaying; then use `readfile()` for the most efficient method – Mark Baker Jan 13 '17 at 13:36
Possible duplicate of [How to read a file line by line in php](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13246597/how-to-read-a-file-line-by-line-in-php) – Rajdeep Paul Jan 13 '17 at 13:37
10000 rows, It isn't a big file, I doubt memory is an issue (especially since the buffer is limited to 4096). I think the problem comes from another thing. – Casimir et Hippolyte Jan 13 '17 at 13:37
maybe its now not a big file, but later can be big and i dont want to rewrite my code, if the file is going to bigger – Jan 13 '17 at 13:43
@RolandFaragó: in this case use a database and not a file. – Casimir et Hippolyte Jan 13 '17 at 13:45

PHP reading big txt file, memory solution

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