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How do I select a line from a file? If I have a file like this:

[code]
hello
hi
test
etc...
[/code]

I want to select like "hello" and "hi", ... as seperate text.

I tried this:

[code]
<?php
$file=file('file.txt');
$count=count($file);
$random=rand(0,$count);
echo $file[$random];
?>
[/code]

but that doesnt work...

thx!
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well, it sucks. that doesnt work. its very weird, i've added extra things, that work in other scripts but they wont work here, grrr. I even tried your code, doenst work either :(

[code]
$file=file('test.txt');
$file2=file_get_contents("test.txt");
$filecontents = file_get_contents("test.txt");
$count=count($file);
$random=rand(0,$count-1);
echo $file[$random];
echo $file2;
echo $filecontents;
[/code]

this gives a blank screen :( What am I doing wrong???

edit: THANKS, I found the error :)
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