note 90450 modified in function.fseek by danbrown

The tail example functions below will return a PHP memory limit error when trying to open large files. Since tail is convenient for opening large logs, here is a function that lets you (provided you have permission): <?php function unix_tail($lines,$file) { shell_exec("tail -n $lines $file > /tmp/phptail_$file"); $output = file_get_contents("/tmp/phptail_$file"); unlink("/tmp/phptail_$file"); return $output; } ?> --was-- The tail example functions below will return a PHP memory limit error when trying to open large files. Since tail is convenient for opening large logs, here is a function that lets you (provided you have permission): <? function unix_tail($lines,$file) { shell_exec("tail -n $lines $file > /tmp/phptail_$file"); $output = file_get_contents("/tmp/phptail_$file"); unlink("/tmp/phptail_$file"); return $output; } ?> http://php.net/manual/en/function.fseek.php