or use the unix command "wc"

$num_lines = `wc -l $file`;

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Analysis & Solutions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [PHP] Appending to a file


On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:45:01PM -0400, Chris Earle wrote:
> I'm just curious if there's a function that allows you to see how many
lines
> there are in a file.

I don't recall there being one.  Simple way:

   $Array = file('file.name');
   echo count($Array);

--Dan

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