php- how to get specific line from a result?

Question

I want to get the line number 17 of some text using php. My code is as:

$result = curl_exec($ch); //stores text

Now a large number of text is stored in $result & I want to get its line 17. How can I do that?

If you want to consider performance, look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1462720/iterate-over-each-line-in-a-string-in-php. — Amit, Jan 16 '15 at 09:03

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:49

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You can use explode. Refer here

$res = explode("\n",$result);
echo $res[16];

answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:49

Thiyagu

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:52

0

Find the line separator echoing the returned data from curl_exec(), then write the 17th array's element.

$res = curl_Exec($ch);
$res = explode("\n",$res);
echo $res[16]; // array starts from 0, so 16th is your 17th line.

answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:52

Alberto

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:53

0

$lines = explode("\n", $result);
echo $lines[16];

but base on your result you may have to use "\r\n" Instead of "\n"

answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:53

Kiyan

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