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SplFileObject::seek

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

SplFileObject::seek — Seek to specified line

Description

public SplFileObject::seek ( int $line_pos ) : void

Seek to specified line in the file.

Parameters

line_pos

The zero-based line number to seek to.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a LogicException if the line_pos is negative.

Examples

Example #1 SplFileObject::seek() example

This example outputs the third line of the script which is found at position 2.

<?php
$file = new SplFileObject(__FILE__);
$file->seek(2);
echo $file->current();
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

$file->seek(2);

See Also

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.seek.php