Re: How do I read the first n lines from a file?

If the lines terminate in "\n", I'd use fgets($fp,1000) in a loop, and loop as many times as needed. $fp=fopen("filename","r") or die ("couldn't open filename"); for ($count=1;$count<=10,$count++) { $line=fgets($fp,1000); // the 1000 represents the number of bytes to go to unless it finds "\n" sooner. print "$line"; } I'm prety sure the above will work. Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Farmer <jonfarmer@enta.net> To: Tauntz <tauntz@hot.ee>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:40 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] How do I read the first n lines from a file? > If you are on a unix box you might want to use the tail command... if you > use exec() the output will be in an array... > > -- > Jon Farmer Õ?Õ? > Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net > Tel +44 (0)1952 428969 Mob +44 (0)7968 524175 > PGP Key available, send blank email to pgpkey@bctech.co.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tauntz [mailto:tauntz@hot.ee] > Sent: 28 August 2001 12:13 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How do I read the first n lines from a file? > > > hi ! > > I have a simmple question :).. > > Lets say that I have a file called: > list.txt > and I want to take the first 10 lines from it & echo it to the browser ? > > thank you > Tauntz@hot.ee > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >