PHP - Returning the last line in a file?

Question

I\'m guessing it\'s fgets, but I can\'t find the specific syntax. I\'m trying to read out (in a string I\'m thinking is easier) the last line added to a log file.

Answer 1

define('YOUR_EOL', "\n");
$fp = fopen('yourfile.txt', 'r');

$pos = -1; $line = ''; $c = '';
do {
    $line = $c . $line;
    fseek($fp, $pos--, SEEK_END);
    $c = fgetc($fp);
} while ($c != YOUR_EOL);

echo $line;

fclose($fp);

This is better, since it does not load the complete file into memory...

Set YOUR_EOL to your correct line endings, if you use the same line endings as the default line endings of the OS where your script resides, you could use the constant PHP_EOL.