(PHP ActiveX) Split File into Chunks

Demonstrates how to split a file into chunks.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.FileAccess')
$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

// Any type of file may be split.  It doesn't matter if it's
// a binary file or a text file.
$fileToSplit = 'qa_data/hamlet.xml';

$partPrefix = 'hamlet';
$partExtension = 'part';
$maxChunkSize = 50000;
$destDirPath = 'qa_output';

// Splits hamlet.xml into hamlet1.part, hamlet2.part, ...
// Output files are written to the current working directory.
// Each chunk will be 50000 bytes except for the last which
// will be the remainder.
$success = $fac->SplitFile($fileToSplit,$partPrefix,$partExtension,$maxChunkSize,$destDirPath);

if ($success == 1) {
    print 'Success.' . "\n";
}
else {
    print $fac->LastErrorText . "\n";
}


?>