How can PHP be used to skip the first line of a text file when displaying its content?

When displaying the content of a text file using PHP, you can skip the first line by reading the file line by line and using a flag to indicate whether the current line is the first line or not. If the flag is set to true, you can continue to the next line without displaying it. 

<?php
$filename = 'example.txt';
$file = fopen($filename, 'r');
$skipFirstLine = true;

while (!feof($file)) {
    $line = fgets($file);
    
    if ($skipFirstLine) {
        $skipFirstLine = false;
        continue;
    }
    
    echo $line;
}

fclose($file);
?>

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PHP file handling fopen fgets file pointer

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