Best way to store large amounts of text? Outside of MySQL
I am installing a new mail system on my site and for the message body text i dont want to store it using MySql as it will just slow my server down, so i am thinking of storing it as .txt files on the server and using MySql to point at it and using 

`file_get_contents('file.txt');` to open it and maybe using `BASE64` to encode the contents so its not plain text.

Would this be the best way to store the text or is there a better to store it?

 
Best way to store large amounts of text? Outside of MySQL
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I am installing a new mail system on my site and for the message body text i dont want to store it using MySql as it will just slow my server down, so i am thinking of storing it as .txt files on the server and using MySql to point at it and using 

`file_get_contents('file.txt');` to open it and maybe using `BASE64` to encode the contents so its not plain text.

Would this be the best way to store the text or is there a better to store it?

 