Frank J. Schima wrote:
> 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>
>
>
>

echo intval(str_replace(' '.$file, '', trim(system('wc -l '.$file))));

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