Frank J. Schima wrote: > 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? $f=fopen( yourfile, "r" ); $i=0; while( fgets($f) ) $i++; fclose($f); $count=$i; /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
