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Reputation: 130

Handling large files on a server with PHP

I have had my shared web server suspended twice now for moving large files with a self-built php CMS using copy(). The admins told me that I had used up all the read/write bandwidth on the machine and that PHP is very inefficient at moving files.

I want to be able to move these files via a web interface in my CMS. Is there a way I can do this without bogging down the server?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 412

Answers (2)

Umbrella
Umbrella

Reputation: 4788

If you just want to move them, use rename()

Since you're doing this from a CMS, are you using user input to determine source or destination? Be sure to sanitize any inputs, one thing to look at is realpath()

Upvotes: 0

Emil Vikström
Emil Vikström

Reputation: 91912

Use rename. This will just change the place in the filesystem, not copy the entire contents of the file, and therefore is much more efficient.

Upvotes: 1

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