What are common pitfalls when handling large amounts of data in PHP arrays?

One common pitfall when handling large amounts of data in PHP arrays is running out of memory due to the size of the array. To solve this issue, you can use generators instead of arrays to process data in smaller, more manageable chunks. 

// Using generators to process data in smaller chunks
function processData($data) {
    foreach ($data as $item) {
        // Process each item here
        yield $item;
    }
}

// Example usage
$largeData = range(1, 1000000);
foreach (processData($largeData) as $item) {
    // Process each item in the large data array
}

Keywords

memory_limit array_chunk unset garbage collection memory management

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