How can a file be read from a specific line in PHP?

To read a file from a specific line in PHP, you can open the file, seek to the desired line, and then start reading from that point onwards. This can be achieved by using a combination of file handling functions like fopen(), fseek(), and fgets(). 

$filename = 'example.txt';
$line_number = 5;

$handle = fopen($filename, 'r');
if ($handle) {
    for ($i = 1; $i < $line_number; $i++) {
        fgets($handle);
    }
    
    while (($line = fgets($handle)) !== false) {
        echo $line; // Output the content from the specified line onwards
    }
    
    fclose($handle);
} else {
    echo "Error opening the file.";
}

Keywords

file handling file reading PHP fseek file pointer

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