Encrypting (large) files in PHP with openSSL

Question

I\'m trying to encrypt (big) files in PHP using AES and have looked into using Mcrypt and OpenSSL, the problem is all solutions I have found so far only encrypt strings, and

Answer 1

Using SSL on your website would take care of it for you. Any files that are transmitted are encrypted by the client browser, and server using the HTTPS protocol.

As far as storing the encrypted versions of the files I would not recommend.