Re: [PHP] json stream filter

Markus Staab <[email protected]> wrote:
> first post on the list, so please bare with me ;-)

No, I'm getting nekkee with you... :)

> we are handling a lot of cache files in our apps and use json to persist
> those contents on the filesystem, because it seems to be the fastest
> possible way to read/write files with PHP.
> 
> Since I discovered stream-filters, http://www.php.net/manual/en/filters.php,
> we use those also for base64 encoding files before sending them over the
> wire, which preserves a lot of memory and allows even bigger files.
> 
> Would it make sense to also have a native stream filter for fileformats
> like JSON, to get maximum performance for reading/writing those (and also
> to be able to write big files)?

I think this could be a real win for some folks; I personally haven't
got a use for it at the moment, but I can see where it would make
a lot of sense of some applications.