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\");
$da         


        

Answer 1

The most of options here suppose to read file into the memory and then work with rows. This wouldnt be a good idea, if the file too large

I think the best way is to use some OS-utility, like 'tail' in unix.

exec('tail -3 /logs/reports/2017/02-15/173606-arachni-2415.log', $output);
echo $output;

// 2017-02-15 18:03:25 [*] Path Traversal: Analyzing response ...
// 2017-02-15 18:03:27 [*] Path Traversal: Analyzing response ...
// 2017-02-15 18:03:27 [*] Path Traversal: Analyzing response ...