hi david, On 7/14/05, david forums <dforums@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I need to know a way to be able to encrypt large file. function readfile_chunked ($filename) { $chunksize = 1*(1024*1024); // it reads 1 mb per chunck. adjust this if u need. $buffer = ''; $handle = fopen($filename, 'rb'); if ($handle === false) { return false; } while (!feof($handle)) { $buffer = fread( $handle, $chunksize ); // do whatever with the chuck you read. // you can encrypt it and write all the chunks to the same file // (open a file for writing before the loop) } return fclose( $handle ); } -ahmed -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php