If the file is relatively small, then the easiest would be to use file() which reads a
file into an array
$file_array=file($filename);
$text=$file_array[$line];
cheers,
thalis
On Sat, 11 May 2002, Andrew Conner wrote:
> I have a script where I need to get the text from line number "$line" in
> file "$filename" then save it to a var ($text) and then print it. For
> example, in the file lamb.txt (just an example file):
> "Mary was
> a little lamb, whose
> fleece
> was as
> white as snow."
> I need to get line number 3 ("fleece") and print it ("print $text").
> How would I go about this?
>
> Andrew Conner
> (All apologies if this messes up and does a multi-post)
>
>
>
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