Read a file backwards line by line using fseek

Question

How do I read a file backwards line by line using fseek?

code can be helpful. must be cross platform and pure php.

many thanks in advance

regards

Answer 1

I know this has been answered already but I found another, maybe faster, way.

// Read last 5000 chars of 'foo.log' 

if(file_exists('foo.log') && $file = fopen('foo.log', 'r')) {
    fseek($file, -5000, SEEK_END);

    $text = stream_get_line($file, 5000); 

    var_dump($text);

    fclose($file);
}