Re: How to display one line from a file rather than the whole lot

From: Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:48:37 +0000
Subject: Re: How to display one line from a file rather than the whole lot
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Dirty trick: <?php $line_I_want = '47'; // get a web page into an array and print it out $fcontents = file ('http://www.php.net'); while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { // echo "<b>Line $line_num:</b> " . htmlspecialchars ($line) . "<br>\n"; if ($line_I_want == $line_num) { $dirty_trick = htmlspecialchars($line); } } echo $dirty_trick; ?> No knowledge of what number is the line: <?php // get a web page into an array and print it out $filename = 'http://www.php.net; $fd = fopen ($filename, 'r'); $read = fread($fd, 30000); fclose($fd); $search = eregi('what_comes_before_the_line_you_want(.*)what_comes_after', $read, $printing); echo $printing[1]; ?> -- Julio Nobrega No matter where you go, &this. "Kevin Garrett" <kevgar90@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:F133zgXommqwfssnG2L0000cddb@hotmail.com... > Hi guys, > > I'm looking to edit this to just return one particular line rather than the > whole file: > > <?php > // get a web page into an array and print it out > $fcontents = file ('http://www.php.net'); > while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { > echo "<b>Line $line_num:</b> " . htmlspecialchars ($line) . > "<br>\n"; > } > ?> > > Can anybody help me? > Kev > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >

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