how to start reading text file at specific line number

Hi

how can i start reading a file at specific line number.
I want to start reading this file at line 20 for example

Thanks for your help

Here is my code

$fh = fopen($myFile, 'r');

while ((feof ($fh) === false) )
{

$theData = fgets($fh);

echo $theData;

}

fclose($fp);

 

depends on your editor

 

Well, you can't just skip 20 lines forward. It's a sequential read of the file not random access.

So all you can do is quickly skip the first 20 lines by ignoring them...

$fh = fopen($myFile, 'r');

while ((feof ($fh) === false) )
{
  $i=1;
  while ((feof ($fh) === false) && $i<20 )
  {
    fgets($fh);
    $i++;
  }

  $theData = fgets($fh);
  echo $theData;

}

fclose($fh);

PHP:

 

Thank a lot.I thought skipping too.
I just thought there is any other way to do it.

 

$f = file_get_contents('file');
$lines = explode("\r\n",$f);

  for ($k=19; $k<=count($lines); $k++) {
  // maybe?
  }

PHP:

Would be better for random reading, not always have to skip this way.

 

Thanks,

I see there is no other way except skipping