How to read only 5 last line of the text file in PHP?

Question

I have a file named file.txt which is update by adding lines to it.

I am reading it by this code:

$fp = fopen(\"file.txt\", \"r\");
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Answer 1

function ReadFromEndByLine($filename,$lines)
{

        /* freely customisable number of lines read per time*/
        $bufferlength = 5000;

        $handle = @fopen($filename, "r");
        if (!$handle) {
                echo "Error: can't find or open $filename
\n";
                return -1;
        }

        /*get the file size with a trick*/
        fseek($handle, 0, SEEK_END);
        $filesize = ftell($handle);

        /*don't want to get past the start-of-file*/
        $position= - min($bufferlength,$filesize);

        while ($lines > 0) {

                if ($err=fseek($handle,$position,SEEK_END)) {  /* should not happen but it's better if we check it*/
                        echo "Error $err: something went wrong
\n";
                        fclose($handle);
                        return $lines;
                }

                /* big read*/
                $buffer = fread($handle,$bufferlength);

                /* small split*/
                $tmp = explode("\n",$buffer);

                /*previous read could have stored a partial line in $aliq*/
                if ($aliq != "") {

                                /*concatenate current last line with the piece left from the previous read*/
                                $tmp[count($tmp)-1].=$aliq;
                }

                /*drop first line because it may not be complete*/
                $aliq = array_shift($tmp);

                $read = count($tmp);
                if ( $read >= $lines ) {   /*have read too much!*/

                        $tmp2 = array_slice($tmp,$read-$n);
                        /* merge it with the array which will be returned by the function*/
                        $lines = array_merge($tmp2,$lines);

                        /* break the cycle*/
                        $lines = 0;
                } elseif (-$position >= $filesize) {  /* haven't read enough but arrived at the start of file*/

                        //get back $aliq which contains the very first line of the file
                        $lines = array_merge($aliq,$tmp,$lines);

                        //force it to stop reading
                        $lines = 0;

                } else {              /*continue reading...*/

                        //add the freshly grabbed lines on top of the others
                        $lines = array_merge($tmp,$lines);

                        $lines -= $read;

                        //next time we want to read another block
                        $position -= $bufferlength;

                        //don't want to get past the start of file
                        $position = max($position, -$filesize);
                }
        }
        fclose($handle);

        return $lines;
}

This will be fast for larger files but alot of code for a simple task, if there LARGE FILES, use this

ReadFromEndByLine('myFile.txt',6);