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

PHP's file() function reads the whole file into an array. This solution requires the least amount of typing:

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

foreach ($data as $line) {
    echo $line;
}