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Find a pattern in a text file

<?php //find a match in a file //our pattern $pattern = "html"; //open the websites file for reading if(!$fp = fopen("websites.txt","r")) { echo "cannot open the file"; } else { //while the file is not empty while(!feof($fp)) { //read a line at a time to try and find a match $read_line = fgets($fp,255); if($read_line == $pattern) echo "We have a match<br>"; } fclose($fp); } ?>