Getting parse error on trying to read from a text file

[soxiam]

Sorry for this newbie question but I hope someone can tell me why I'm getting a parse error on the script. Specifically I'm getting the parse error on the following line:

$myFile = fopen($filename, "r");


Here's My Code:

<?php

$filename ="file.txt";****

$myFile = fopen($filename, "r");
if(! $myFile){************

print ("File could not be opened.");

exit;
}

$fcontents = file($filename);

**$limit = 5;

for ($i = 0; $i < $limit; $i++){

****$line = $fcontents[$i];**

******if($line != ""){**
********echo "$line \n";
**********}
**********
*****}
*****
fclose($myFile);

?>

[soxiam]

The code in question can be viewed at the original source here:

http://www.onaje.com/php/code/readfile2.phps

[DmS]

Don't know if you fixed it or not but I copied your code from the link and ran it locally and it worked w/o problems, The only thing I changed was the filename to a file that I knew I had.
/Dan

[Dangermouse]

Are you trying to only read 5 lines of a file into an array?

The file() function reads a file contents into an array, then it just gets the first 5 items in the array, then you can loop through these ten items and do what you wish

Untested but i think it should work

$file = file("yourfile");
$lines = array_splice($file,5);
foreach ($lines as $linenum => $line) {
print "$linenum = $line<br>";
} 

[soxiam]

Don't know if you fixed it or not but I copied your code from the link and ran it locally and it worked w/o problems, The only thing I changed was the filename to a file that I knew I had.
/Dan

DmS -
Thanks. Yes, this is what I don't understand. I don't think anything is wrong with the script and it should work but it's not on my local machine. Do you happen to know if there are certain lines in my php.ini that could potentially cause this error?

[soxiam]

Are you trying to only read 5 lines of a file into an array?

The file() function reads a file contents into an array, then it just gets the first 5 items in the array, then you can loop through these ten items and do what you wish

Untested but i think it should work

$file = file("yourfile");
$lines = array_splice($file,5);
foreach ($lines as $linenum => $line) {
print "$linenum = $line<br>";
} 

Dangermouse-
Thanks for your help. Your script does the same thing I was trying to do and it works. Strange why the original script kept giving me the parse error. BTW, is there a way to print out the first 5 lines of the text file rather than the last 5? Thanks in advance.

[soxiam]

Dangermouse-
Thanks for your help. Your script does the same thing I was trying to do and it works. Strange why the original script kept giving me the parse error. BTW, is there a way to print out the first 5 lines of the text file rather than the last 5? Thanks in advance.

Answered my own question from the PHP manual:
$lines = array_splice($file, 0, 5);