Getting line count of a text file

["Frank J. Schima" <fjs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,


In PHP 5, I'm counting the number of lines in a text file using the  
following code:
	  $myfile = file ( '/path/to/myfile.txt');
	  $count = count ($myfile);

However, sometimes it fails with the following error:
	PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of xxxx bytes exhausted (tried  
to allocate 35 bytes) in /path/to/myprogram.php on line 16

Line 16 is the first line above.

I'm sure there is a better - more memory efficient - way to do this.  
Any suggestions?


Thanks!
Frank Schima
Foraker Design
<http://www.foraker.com>