SplFileObject::seek

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileObject::seekSeek to specified line

Description

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

Seek to specified line in the file.

Parameters

line

The zero-based line number to seek to.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws a LogicException if the line 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