the last word of a string??

So I opened a file like this: $filename ="text.txt"; $fh = fopen($filename, "r"); then I get the last line of the file like this: while (!feof ($fh)) { $lastline = fgets($fh, 4096); } now I want the last word of $lastline ... how do I do this? I've been trying all kinds of things but nothing seems to be what I need. I would also like to be able to get the last X words of $lastline? so if $lastline = "I am a newbie" I get: "am a newbie" Help! -- susan@futurebird.com http://futurebird.diaryland.com