Get line number of nth occurrence of string using php
Multi tool use
I have a webapp which uses text files in order to achieve some CMS-like functionality.
However, I'd like to use a single file for multiple types of content.
Here is my file:
I want to get the line number of that line using php, where <--TYPEA--> occurs for the nth time (assuming that <!--TYPEA--> does not occur multiple times in a single line).
Example: $n=3 and $string="<!--TYPEA-->"
Result: line number of <!--TYPEA--><div>still html</div>
You can read the file line by line and test on each line if the string you are looking for is found by the nth time. A way to do that is:
Use it like this:
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