Re: [PHP] counting lines in a file? From: Andreas Pour (pour <email protected>)
Date: 09/26/00

Michael Packer wrote:
>
> I'm sure there is some slick way of doing this which is why i'm asking...
>
> what is the best way to count the number of lines in a file (ie wc -l
> file.txt) in php
>
> currently i'm just going to open file, {read a line, inc counter} until EOF,
> close file
>
> slick way???

Hmm, as I favor using tools that have been built already:

  if (ereg("^[[:blank:]]*([0-9]+) ", `wc -l $file`, $m))
    echo "lines = '$m[1]'\n";
  else
    echo "file '$file' not found.\n";

This can be easily modified to count words and characters as well.

Ciao,

Andreas Pour

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