Limiting Number of Records Displayed from a Text File

mbrown174

Hello,

Im pretty much a newbie when it comes to working with php and I was wanting to find out how to limit the number of records displayed from a text file. Is there a way to limit the number of lines read from the text file?

Many Thanks to whoever helps!

brandtj

One way would be to keep track of how many you have already displayed, and then stopping it at a certain point.

$to_display = 2;

for ($i = 0; $i < $to_display; $i++) {
   echo $lines[$i] . '<br />';
}

Hope this helps! 😃

mbrown174

Thanks man - checking the code out now...

mbrown174

This is the code I currently have...

<?php

$filename = "logs/news.txt";

$file = fopen( $filename, "r" );

$filesize = filesize( $filename );

$text = fread( $file, $filesize );

fclose( $file );
echo( "" );
echo( "$text" );
?>

How would I alter it to accomodate the above code?

Installer

$max_lines = 10;
$fp = fopen($filename, 'r');
$i = 0;
while ({$i++ < $max_lines) && !feof($fp)) {
    echo nl2br(fgets($fp));
}
fclose($fp);

Or:

$max_lines = 10;
$lines = file($filename);
if (count($lines) < $max_lines) {
    $max_lines = count($lines);
}
for ($i = 0; $i < $max_lines; $i++) {
    echo nl2br($lines[$i])
}

Installer

Wait--you actually posted this in two separate forums? Damn rude and against forum rules.

mbrown174

Thanks for the answer and sorry about that I thought the post didnt show - I assumed I posted it in this forum. anyway thanks again!

Installer

Glad to help.