Re: A problem with fgets()

> I just need to figure out why when using fgets() with fseek() & > rand(), the script returns partial strings form the city names. Because fseek doesn't necessarily put you at the start of a line. It puts you anywhere (which could be the start, middle, 3 chars from the end) according to the number of bytes you tell it to start at. Then fgets reads the rest of the line. A file that looks like this: (numbers are the "bytes" for ease of explanation) 123456789 is going to be different to a file that looks like this: 1234 56 789 and if you tell me you want to start at "byte 5", then in file 1, that's the middle - in file 2 that's the start of the second line (#4 is a newline char :P). -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/