Split big files using PHP

Question

I want to split huge files (to be specific, tar.gz files) in multiple part from php code. Main reason to do this is, php\'s 2gb limit on 32bit system.

SO I want to s

Answer 1

function split_file($source, $targetpath='/split/', $lines=1000){

    $i=0;
    $j=1;
    $date = date("m-d-y");
    $buffer='';

    $handle = fopen ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$source, "r");

    while (!feof ($handle)) {
        $buffer .= fgets($handle, 4096);
        $i++;
        if ($i >= $lines) {
            $fname = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$targetpath."part_".$date.$j.".txt";

                 $fhandle = fopen($fname, "w") or die($php_errormsg);

            if (!$fhandle) {
                echo "Cannot open file ($fname)";
                //exit;
            }


            if (!fwrite($fhandle, $buffer)) {
                echo "Cannot write to file ($fname)";
                //exit;
            }
            fclose($fhandle);
            $j++;
            $buffer='';
            $i=0;
            $line+=10; // add 10 to $lines after each iteration. Modify this line as required
        }
    }
    fclose ($handle);
}