title: Will using file_get_contents() to get files summing more than 1Gb from remote server, timeout?
body: <p>On a http website, I have loads of csv files stored which chronological naming scheme. I wrote a PHP program (running on localhost) to programmatically generate each files name using date functions and use <code>file_get_</code>contents() to write the files locally.</p>
  
  <p>I have tested for a limited range of dates and am able to get the files (each around 1.3M). However, over a large period (say, 3 years, with a file for each weekday), would this cause a timeout? Or is it not a timeout because the response has not actually stopped?</p>
  
  <p>Here's the code for reference:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  $start_date = '08SEP2009';
  $check_date = $start_date;
  $end_date = '14SEP2009';
  
  function getNextDate() {
      global $check_date;
      $check_date = date("dMY", strtotime ("+1 day", strtotime($check_date))); //get next date
      return $check_date;
  }   
  
  function downloadFiles() {
      $cur_date = getNextDate();
  
      $url = "http://nse-india.com/content/historical/DERIVATIVES/YYYY/MMM/foDDMMMYYYYbhav.csv"; //this represents the naming scheme for the CSVs
      while(strcasecmp($cur_date, $end_date)) {
          $year = date("Y", strtotime($cur_date)); //get year (2004)
          $month = strtoupper(date("M", strtotime($cur_date))); //get month (SEP)
          $day = date("d", strtotime($cur_date)); //get day of month (09)
  
          $filename = str_replace('DD', $day, str_replace('MMM', $month, str_replace('YYYY', $year, $url))); //construct file name for new date
          $content = @file_get_contents($filename); 
          $localfile = array_reverse(explode("/", $filename)); //reverse array so that filename.csv comes as first element
          $localfile = $localfile[0]; //filename to store locally
  
          $handle = fopen($localfile, "w");
          fwrite($handle, $content); //save file locally
          fclose($handle);
      }
  }
  
  downloadFiles();
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>