What are some alternative methods to reading and processing files in PHP that may be more efficient than the current approach?

Reading and processing large files in PHP can be inefficient if done in a traditional line-by-line manner. One alternative method is to use PHP's `fread` function to read the file in chunks, allowing for more efficient processing of large files. 

// Open the file for reading
$handle = fopen('large_file.txt', 'r');

// Read the file in chunks of 1024 bytes
while (!feof($handle)) {
    $chunk = fread($handle, 1024);
    
    // Process the chunk here
    // Example: echo $chunk;
}

// Close the file
fclose($handle);

Keywords

file_get_contents fopen SplFileObject memory_limit performance

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