How to read a large file line by line?

Question

I want to read a file line by line, but without completely loading it in memory.

My file is too large to open in memory, and if try to do so I always get out of memo

Answer 1

Use buffering techniques to read the file.

$filename = "test.txt";
$source_file = fopen( $filename, "r" ) or die("Couldn't open $filename");
while (!feof($source_file)) {
    $buffer = fread($source_file, 4096);  // use a buffer of 4KB
    $buffer = str_replace($old,$new,$buffer);
    ///
}

Answer 2

There is a file() function that returns an array of the lines contained in the file.

foreach(file('myfile.txt') as $line) {
   echo $line. "\n";
}

Answer 3

<?php
echo '<meta charset="utf-8">';

$k= 1;
$f= 1;
$fp = fopen("texttranslate.txt", "r");
while(!feof($fp)) {
    $contents = '';
    for($i=1;$i<=1500;$i++){
        echo $k.' -- '. fgets($fp) .'<br>';$k++;
        $contents .= fgets($fp);
    }
    echo '<hr>';
    file_put_contents('Split/new_file_'.$f.'.txt', $contents);$f++;
}
?>

Answer 4

if ($file = fopen("file.txt", "r")) {
    while(!feof($file)) {
        $line = fgets($file);
        # do same stuff with the $line
    }
    fclose($file);
}

Answer 5

You can use an object oriented interface class for a file - SplFileObject http://php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.fgets.php (PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

<?php

$file = new SplFileObject("file.txt");

// Loop until we reach the end of the file.
while (!$file->eof()) {
    // Echo one line from the file.
    echo $file->fgets();
}

// Unset the file to call __destruct(), closing the file handle.
$file = null;

Answer 6

foreach (new SplFileObject(__FILE__) as $line) {
    echo $line;
}