how to count number of lines in a php file

Question

I want to count number of files in a php file. I am using CodeIgniter framework. Currently I have tried this below

$file='contractor.php';
$mypath= 'application/controller/'.$file;
$linecount = 0;
$handle = fopen($mypath, "r");
while(!feof($handle)){
    $line = fgets($handle);
    $linecount++;
}
fclose($handle);

echo $linecount;

Currently after executing the file in a function it keeps loading. i want to find number of lines in the file.like output: 202

Looks as though you are missing a close `}` for the `while(!feof($handle)){` — Nigel Ren, Jul 25 '19 at 11:42
i had missed it while writing here. with close bracket also, it doesn't work — Abidus Sattar Aziz, Jul 25 '19 at 12:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '19 at 12:04

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Try this one hope this will work for you :)

$file = 'getinvoice'; 
no_of_lines = count(file($file)); 
echo "number of lines $file";

answered Jul 25 '19 at 12:04

Prajwal Shetty

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 25 '19 at 12:10

0

Your code looks good.

I suppose that the function keeps loading because the file is too big.

Check this answer for an efficient approach to the problem: Efficiently counting the number of lines of a text file. (200mb+)

answered Jul 25 '19 at 12:10

Stefano

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 07 '20 at 10:24

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$file = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
 
$no_of_lines = count(file($file));
 
echo "There are $no_of_lines lines in $file"."\n";

edited Aug 07 '20 at 10:24

meewog

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answered Aug 07 '20 at 09:21

Luis Samouco

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '19 at 11:49

-1

If your files are quite small, you could try something like this.

$lines=file($filename);
$count=count($lines);

answered Jul 25 '19 at 11:49

Graham

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how to count number of lines in a php file

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