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

You can use my small helper library (2 functions)

https://github.com/jasir/file-helpers

Then just use:

//read last 5 lines
$lines = \jasir\FileHelpers\FileHelpers::readLastLines($pathToFile, 5);