how to put two or more line from a text file to a variable using php? -

one line in variable how assign in variable multiple lines in text file?

--sample text file----

jeff              ->line0 35                ->line1 123456            ->line2 "this          ->line3 message       ->line4 you"         ->line5 

how assign line 3,4 , 5 single variable?

code:

<?php      $lines = file('sample.txt');     $vara= $lines[0];     $varb= $lines[1];     $varc= $lines[2];     ?> 

you can this:

 //concatenate last 3 lines , remove break lines  $result=preg_replace('/\s{2,}/', ' ', $lines[3].$lines[4].$lines[5]);  print $result; 

output:

"this message you" 

update:

loop lines in file:

    $lines = file('sample.txt');     $result="";    if (array_key_exists(3,$lines)) {     //assuming comment begins line 3     for($i=3; $i<count($lines);$i++){       $result .=preg_replace('/\s{2,}/', ' ', $lines[$i]);     }     }     print $result;