That sounds pretty efficient to me if all you want is whether they're different. If you actually want to know how different, you could use something like levenshtein() to compare the contents of the files as strings. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.levenshtein.php
Or, for a more full solution, you could use PEAR::Text_Diff http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Diff On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:07:44 -0600, C.F. Scheidecker Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there a more efficient way to compare 2 TXT files other than reading > line by line ? > > What I was doing was reading line by line and compare both files, if one > line is different the loops are interrupted and the function returns true. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > !DSPAM:40f9cc90104731699226006! > > -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
