Re: getting one line from file
| From: | Robin Vickery | Date: | Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:58:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: getting one line from file | ||
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pac@stingrayboats.com ("Michael Packer") writes:
> I'm just learning PHP and have a question....in perl I used to do this:
>
> $info =
grep "676" /tmp/somefile.txt;
> (i know there was only one line in the file with that number, thats why it's
> not @info)
>
> i need to only get one line out of this file that is very large (which is
> why i don't want to open it read through the file until i find the correct
> line)...
>
> how can i do this easily in PHP?
> thanks in advance!
>
try this: :-)
$info = grep "676" /tmp/somefile.txt;
-robin
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