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Count the number of lines in a text file

Description

Extremely simple PHP sample to count and return the number of lines in a text file. The output can be customised to suit your own requirements.

The code

<?php

  $file = "somefile.txt";



  $lines = count(file($file));



  echo "There are $lines lines in $file";

?>

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