Posted by Philip Hallstrom on 08/23/05 00:49

>> What is the fastest way to do this? I know
>> echo(file_get_contents('myfile')); is not a good idea ;)
>
> Why not?

My guess would be because file_get_contents returns the contents as a
string. So if 'myfile' is 100mb, you're going to have to allocate 100mb
of memory to store that string while echo() spits it back out.

But I'm just guessing as I don't know for sure...

-philip

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