How to read only 5 last line of the text file in PHP?

Question

I have a file named file.txt which is update by adding lines to it.

I am reading it by this code:

$fp = fopen(\"file.txt\", \"r\");
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Answer 1

If you're on a linux system you could do this:

$lines = `tail -5 /path/to/file.txt`;

Otherwise you'll have to count lines and take the last 5, something like:

$all_lines = file('file.txt');
$last_5 = array_slice($all_lines , -5);