php command: file and fputs.

Maximum size of the textfile.

[ikbenhet1]

I use a textfile as a database, the textfile keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I use fputs to write to the textfiles.
What's the maximum filesize fputs can write to a textfile?

What's the maximum size of a textfile that can be loaded by the command: file($filename)? And at what size can i expect performance problems?

Thanks.

[Allen]

My guess is very large and operating system dependent, with linux being able to load larger files than Windows :D

Allen

NB: By very large I'm thinking gigabytes