RE: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file

Use $aFile=file(<FILENAME>); //$aFile[0] contains the unwanted line echo $aFile[1]; // displays line 2 echo $aFile[n]; // displays line n where n is an positieve interger and not greater then the number of lines in the file http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php HTH Jerry > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott [mailto:scott@scottah.com] > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:02 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Stripping the first line of a file > > > Hi, > > I want to be able to open a file and then strip the first > line of it off. > Example, the first line contains the names for tables in a > database and > all I need is from the second line on. > > if I fopen a file can I strip the line or should I process it > and then > drop the data from the first row? > > Thanks, > -Scott > > > -- > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > The information contained in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, production, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the sender immediately. The content of the email is not legally binding unless confirmed by letter bearing two authorized signatures.