reading files...

Anon

Hi there!
Usually, when I want to read a file (everything inside of it) I do this:

$read = fread($x, file_size($y));

And when I want to get just one line I use this:

$line = file($file); //get the line from this

Everything is fine...But looking on the internet, it's easy to find people using, for how many characters to read, numbers like 1024 and 4096...So I've found those numbers a lot of times, then, I suppose that it means something, but dont know what! LOL

Is there a max number of characters that a line inside a TXT file accepts?
What I'm getting from a file with "1024" and "4096"?

Thanx in advance!

Felipe Lopes

Anon

http://www.php.net/fread

fread() reads up to length bytes from the file pointer referenced by fp. Reading stops when length bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.

And if you want to just read the first line from a file, look at fgets while you're there.

Anon

Oh!
Thanx but my question was about the numbers...(I know where the manual is hosted, thanx again, and I've read it).Why those "standart" numbers for int length in my question!??

Thanx in advance

Felipe Lopes

Anon

I think it's just 'cos they're nice round numbers. Seriously.