Picking Lines from a file

[MaxD]

I need to be able to pick a specific line out of a text file that is many lines long. I haven't had any luck so far. Anyone help me out?

[LordShryku]

Are you picking out a certain line number or are you searching for a specific phrase/word/sentence?

You may want to also post the code that you have tried. Chances are, you may not be too far off....

[MaxD]

I'm trying to jump to a specific line, I know exactly which line I want to read. I want the whole line. (I actually want four lines, but thats not important right now) My code is so intrinsically flawed that I completely ditched it.

$handle = fopen('file.txt', 'r');
  $line = [line 158];  <--pseudo code (duh)
fclose($handle);

[HalfaBee]

You have 2 options

1. Loop thru the file using fgets() and keeping a counter till you get to the line

2. use file() to read the wole file in and line 150 is in the array at [149].

HalfaBee