Array and Memory Problem

[rulian]

Hello,

I'm running into problem reading files and creating arrays. Basically, I have alot of files to read, and I want to load each file's certain content into an array to manipulate it.

I would like to remain working with arrays, but I can simply work with the files themselves without loading them.

However, I'm getting the "memory" buffer exceeded error simply because of file volumes. The array isnt that complex - Array [File Number][image] = url

it's just alot of files with variing amounts of images which i'm importing into a DB

Basically, I want to know how arrays are actually handled by the server and what limits am I working with, and what the best solution you think might be.

I know my solution isnt the most efficient, but it's way to much information to import, and I'll only be running this every few days.

However, I want to keep in arrays because file structures may change, but I can keep arrays the same.

[NogDog]

If you are working with the arrays sequentially, then you can [man]unset/man each one as you are finished with it in order to free up the memory it is using.