using fread()

Is there a way to read from a specific LINE in a text file using the fread function? I've searched PHP.net and PHPBuilder to no avail. It appears you can start from the beginning, start from the end, or go to a certain bit in the file.
Can I call the file $textfile and explode $textfile at the "n" or some trick like that?

-Adam

You should be able to read it in using the file function. This will return an array. Each element of the array matches up to a line of the file...then you can address line 10 of the file by doing:

$myfile = file('/path/to/file.txt');
echo $myfile[9];

Note that I addressed it as 9, that's because the array starts at 0....

Hope that helps..

worked perfectly! I listed 600 songs in a file, and used this simple little code...

<?
$songarray = file("../includes/songs.inc");
$songcount = count($songarray);
$songcount = ($songcount -1);
$songnum = rand(0, $songcount);
?>
<font size=0 face=verdana>song of the minute <br>
<span class="sotm">&nbsp;Â*
<?=$songarray[$songnum]?>&nbsp;</span><br>


Thanks Matt