On 9/12/07, Frank J. Schima <fjs@foraker.com> 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?

it's sloppy but you could use system("wc -l $file") and grab the first
part before the space (doesn't seem to be an option to NOT display the
filename again)