Read last line from file

Question

I\'ve been bumping into a problem. I have a log on a Linux box in which is written the output from several running processes. This file can get really big sometimes and I ne

Answer 1

Use fseek. You seek to the last position and seek it backward (use ftell to tell the current position) until you find a "\n".

$fp = fopen(".....");
fseek($fp, -1, SEEK_END); 
$pos = ftell($fp);
$LastLine = "";
// Loop backword util "\n" is found.
while((($C = fgetc($fp)) != "\n") && ($pos > 0)) {
    $LastLine = $C.$LastLine;
    fseek($fp, $pos--);
}

NOTE: I've not tested. You may need some adjustment.

UPDATE: Thanks Syntax Error for pointing out about empty file.

:-D

UPDATE2: Fixxed another Syntax Error, missing semicolon at $LastLine = ""