Getting line count of a text file

Hi all, In PHP 5, I'm counting the number of lines in a text file using the following code: $myfile = file ( '/path/to/myfile.txt'); $count = count ($myfile); However, sometimes it fails with the following error: PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of xxxx bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in /path/to/myprogram.php on line 16 Line 16 is the first line above. I'm sure there is a better - more memory efficient - way to do this. Any suggestions? Thanks! Frank Schima Foraker Design <http://www.foraker.com>