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

$handle = fopen('source/file/path','r'); 
        $f = 1; //new file number
        while(!feof($handle))
        {
            $newfile = fopen('newfile/path/'.$f.'.txt','w'); //create new file to write to with file number
            for($i = 1; $i <= 5000; $i++) //for 5000 lines
            {
                $import = fgets($handle);
                //print_r($import);
                fwrite($newfile,$import);
                if(feof($handle))
                {break;} //If file ends, break loop
            }
            fclose($newfile);
            $f++; //Increment newfile number
        }
        fclose($handle);