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