PHP File Search within file

PHP Search within a file

Search within a file to look for a specific word.

File Content(test1.txt)

a good person make a good world and nothing is better than them.
a good person loves to make peace.
a good person mostly don't make a lot of problem.
a good person likes to say good word.
nothing is a bad person unless she or he loves to say bad.
forget to tell you how a good person loves peace.

Example 1

<?php

$searchword = "nothing";
$matches = array();

$handle = fopen("test1.txt", "r");
if ($handle) {
	while (!feof($handle)) {
		$buffer = fgets($handle);
		if (strpos($buffer, $searchword) !== FALSE)
			$matches[] = $buffer;
	}
	fclose($handle);
}

echo 'I found :<br/>';
echo join('<br/>',$matches);
?>

Output

I found :
a good person make a good world and nothing is better than them. 
nothing is a bad person unless she or he loves to say bad.

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