Busy — Tue, 11 Jun 2002 05:04:34 +0000

I am doing this because I am having trouble doing it the database way andsince i am going away next week would like something up there that would work, but works properly.

The php manual is very good but is like a dictionary, trying to find a word you dont know how to spell.

ROB — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:10:06 +0000

other than reading the file and counting the lines, as you pointed out above, i dont think you can do this. you cant get the sizeof an array that doesnt exist.

why do you need to do this?

Busy — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 05:58:13 +0000

I found something that will work with a bit of tweaking

<?php
$data_file = \"list.inc.php\";
$the_list = file($data_file);
$list_total = sizeof($the_list);
?>

and the echo $list_total works but counts every line in the file, not the actual arrays lines. it works if i put the first and last lines on the same line as the first and last element.

Is there a better way, more true method?

Busy — Mon, 10 Jun 2002 05:05:44 +0000

I know the filesize (200kb) but in that file is one big array, I need to disply the sizeof() results on another page without including that page if I can help it.

Thanks anyway

ROB — Sun, 09 Jun 2002 14:06:03 +0000

not sure exactly what you're asking. you can get the filesize of a file like so:

<?php
$size = filesize('/path/to/the/file');
?>