Re: counting lines in a file?
| From: | David Newcomb | Date: | Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:48:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: counting lines in a file? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Try:
<html><body>
<?php
$org=exec("wc -l /etc/hosts");
$num=ereg_replace(" .*","", ereg_replace("^ *","",
$org));
echo "\nnum=$num<br>\n";
?>
</body></html>
hth,
David.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Packer <pac@stingrayboats.com>
To: <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:26 PM
Subject: [PHP] counting lines in a file?
> I'm sure there is some slick way of doing this which is why i'm asking...
>
> what is the best way to count the number of lines in a file (ie wc -l
> file.txt) in php
>
> currently i'm just going to open file, {read a line, inc counter} until
EOF,
> close file
>
> slick way???
> pac
> 843 383 4507 x153
> Stingray Powerboats
> http://StingrayBoats.com
>
>
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