Reading the right line from a file using fopen?

[wwfc_barmy_army]

Hello, I have this code:

 

$file = fopen("myfile","r");
while(! feof($file))
  {
  if( preg_match( "/^Number\b/", fgets($file) ))
    {
  echo fgets($file);
  	}
  }
fclose($file);

 

I want it to print the line that starts with 'Number' but for some reason it is printing the line AFTER the line that starts with 'Number' 

 

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

[salathe]

Of course, the call to fgets used when calling preg_match reads the line that you are really interested in. Then when you call fgets again, it continues from where it left off and reads the following line.

 

You probably want something like:

 

while( ! feof($file))
{
    $line = fgets($file);
    if (preg_match("/^Number\b/", $line))
    {
        echo $line;
    }
}

[wwfc_barmy_army]

Ah, how did I miss that. Thanks salathe.