Here's a PHP script that reads a text file, counts the words in the file

countwordsinfilephp

<?php

// Define the filename
$filename = "file_name.txt";

try {
  // Open the file for reading
  $file = fopen($filename, "r");

  // Check if the file was opened successfully
  if ($file) {
    // Initialize word count
    $wordCount = 0;
  
    // Read the file line by line
    while (($line = fgets($file)) !== false) {
      // Split the line into words using explode and trim each word
      $words = array_map('trim', explode(" ", $line));
    
      // Count the number of words in the current line
      $wordCount += count($words);
    }
  
    // Close the file
    fclose($file);
  
    // Display the word count
    echo "The file '{$filename}' contains {$wordCount} words.";
  } else {
    // Exception thrown if file opening fails
    throw new Exception("Error: Could not open file '{$filename}'.");
  }
} catch (Exception $e) {
  // Display error message if an exception is thrown
  echo $e->getMessage();
}