Question

have a file caching system for a php 5 library i use often.
when the request is made i check for a cached file, if there is one i render it and exit.

$contents = file_get_contents( self::_cacheFile() );
echo $contents;
exit();     

i have to do file_get_contents instead of just include because of cached xml files with the pesky

`<?xml version="1.0"?>` 

is there a better way to pull in my cache files without shorttags firing?

Answer 1

If all you want to do is output the file contents, you should be using readfile(). This is faster and less memory intensive than file_get_contents()