How can PHP developers effectively read and process arrays stored in files without loading the entire file into memory?

When dealing with large arrays stored in files, loading the entire file into memory can lead to memory exhaustion issues. To effectively read and process arrays without loading the entire file, developers can use techniques like reading the file line by line or chunking the file into smaller parts. 

$file = fopen('data.txt', 'r'); // Open the file in read mode
$chunkSize = 1024; // Define the chunk size
while (!feof($file)) {
    $chunk = fread($file, $chunkSize); // Read a chunk of data
    $dataArray = explode("\n", $chunk); // Split the chunk into lines
    foreach ($dataArray as $data) {
        // Process each line of data
    }
}
fclose($file); // Close the file

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PHP arrays file handling memory management fseek

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