Number of lines in a file?

[filburt1]

Other than iterating through each line and incrementing a counter (seems too resource-intensive), how can I find out how many lines are in a certain file?

[The Hobo]

$file = file('yourfile');
$x = count($file);

echo $x . ' lines in the file.'

Or something to that extent.

[filburt1]

Cool

BTW...

echo $x . ' lines in the file.' 

...can be replaced with...

echo "$x lines in the file." 

[The Hobo]

ah, nice to know.

//I should use the php tags, huh?
$file = file('yourfile');
$x = count($file);

echo $x . ' lines in the file.'

could probably be replace with:

echo count(file('yourfile')) . ' lines in the file.'

Althought I haven't tried it

[filburt1]

Probably could, very C++/Java-like if it works

[The Hobo]

FYI, just tried it. Works like a charm.