Delete Lines From File:
How to delete $n first lines from $str if i know how much lines shuld remain in the string?
$str = "aaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbb
ccccccccc
ddddddddd
...
zzz";
Can it be done easly with preg_replace? (i.e without splitting it by '', removing elements from array and joining tham back.
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