Re: including() only given amount of lines

>>>> 1. i would like to include only a given amount (the first 50) lines of a >>>> text file. i think they should be included using fgets() or fread() >>>> instead of include() but i dont know how. >>> The easiest way would be to use file() and the array manipulation >>> functions. >> yes, but isn't a 500+ line file a bit heavy to read into an array? i >> thought this may cause massive slow down -- isn't it? > Assuming you have 500 lines each with 80 chars, that's around 40KB. Further > assume that in storing those lines into an array increases its storage > requirements ten-fold. That still only uses 400KB -- a piddling amount of > memory these days (unless you're running your webserver on 32MB). > > For (1), if you wanted to do it using fgets() it's just a simple matter of > opening the file with fopen() then use a for-loop to call fgets() 50 times. considering that my file contains more than 500 lines (and is still growing) with about 700 chars per line i just think that file() and an array is not adequate and moreover unesthetic ;) currently i'm using this: $handle = fopen ($filename, "r"); $i = 1; while ($i <= 20) { $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096); echo $buffer; $i++; } fclose ($handle); but i also need to output a given amount of lines located somewhere in the middle of the document: how can i print the lines from 130 to 150 for example? thanks for your help! philipp http://www.ipdraw.org/