PHP Convert a big binary file to a readable file -

i having problems simple script...

<?php $file = "c:\\users\\alejandro\\desktop\\integers\\integers";  $file = file_get_contents($file, null, null, 0, 34359738352);  echo $file; ?> 

it gives me error:

file_get_contents(): length must greater or equal zero

i tired, can me?

edit: after dividing file in 32 parts...

the error

php fatal error:  allowed memory size of 1585446912 bytes exhausted (tried al locate 2147483648 bytes)  fatal error: allowed memory size of 1585446912 bytes exhausted (tried allocat e 2147483648 bytes) 

edit (2):

now deal convert binary file list of numbers 0 (2^31)-1 why need read file, can convert binary digits decimal numbers.

looks file path missing backslash, causing file_load_contents() fail loading file.

try instead:

$file = "c:\\\\users\\alejandro\\desktop\\integers\\integers"; 

edit: can read file, we're finding because file large, it's exceeding memory limit , causing script crash.

try buffering 1 piece @ time instead, not exceed memory limits. here's script read binary data, 1 4-byte number @ time, can process suit needs.

by buffering 1 piece @ time, allow php use 4 bytes @ time store file's contents (while processes each piece), instead of storing entire contents in huge buffer , causing overflow error.

here go:

$file = "c:\\\\users\\alejandro\\desktop\\integers\\integers";  // open file read binary data $handle = @fopen($file, "rb");  if ($handle) {     while (!feof($handle)) {         // read 4-byte number        $bin = fgets($handle, 4);        // process        processnumber($bin);     }     fclose($handle);  }  function processnumber($bin) {     // print decimal equivalent of number     print(bindec($bin));  }