Get the last 50 lines from text file using php

Question

I have a text file such as a log file, and I want to get the last 50 lines from that.

How can I do it, in PHP?

Answer 1

I guess you could also be using "tail" if you are on linux.

$handle = popen("tail -50l YOUR_FILE_HERE 2>&1", 'r');
while(!feof($handle)) {
    $buffer = fgets($handle);
    echo "$buffer<br/>\n";
    ob_flush();
    flush();
}
pclose($handle);