function loadFile($filename, $retbytes = true) {
        $buffer = '';
        $cnt =0;
        $handle = fopen($filename, 'rb');
        if ($handle === false) {
            return false;
        }
        while (!feof($handle)) {
            $buffer = fread($handle, 1024*1024);
            echo $buffer;
            ob_flush();  // flush output
            flush();
            if ($retbytes) {
                $cnt += strlen($buffer);
            }
        }
        $status = fclose($handle);
        if ($retbytes && $status) {
            return $cnt; // return num. bytes delivered like readfile() does.
        }
        return $status;
    }