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 your lines are separated by a CR or LF you would try exploding your $data variable:

$lines = explode("\n", $data);

$lines should end up being an array and you can work out the number of records using sizeof() and just get the last 5.