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Split File into Chunks

Demonstrates how to split a file into chunks.

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Chilkat2 PHP
<?php

use Chilkat2\FileAccess;

$fac = new 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.

try {
    $fac->SplitFile($fileToSplit, $partPrefix, $partExtension, $maxChunkSize, $destDirPath);
    echo "Success.\n";
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}