Check when file_get_contents is finished

Question

Is there anyway I can check when file_get_contents has finished loading the file, so I can load another file, will it automatically finish loading the one file before going onto the next one?

Answer 1

Loading a file with file_get_contents() will block operation of your script until PHP is finished reading it in completely. It must, because you couldn't assign the $content = otherwise.

Answer 2

PHP is single threaded - all functions happen one after the other. There is a php_threading PECL extension if you did want to try loading files asynchronously, but I haven't tried it myself so I can't say if it would work or not.