/**
 * RemoveDuplicatedLines
 * This function removes all duplicated lines of the given text file.
 *
 * @param   string
 * @param   bool
 * @return  string
 */
function RemoveDuplicatedLines($Filepath, $IgnoreCase=false, $NewLine="\n"){
  if (!file_exists($Filepath)){
    $ErrorMsg = 'RemoveDuplicatedLines error: ';
    $ErrorMsg .= 'The given file ' . $Filepath . ' does not exist!';
    die($ErrorMsg);
  }
  $Content = file_get_contents($Filepath);
  $Content = RemoveDuplicatedLinesByString($Content, $IgnoreCase, $NewLine);
  // Is the file writeable?
  if (!is_writeable($Filepath)){
    $ErrorMsg = 'RemoveDuplicatedLines error: ';
    $ErrorMsg .= 'The given file ' . $Filepath . ' is not writeable!';  
    die($ErrorMsg);
  }
  // Write the new file
  $FileResource = fopen($Filepath, 'w+');   
  fwrite($FileResource, $Content);    
  fclose($FileResource);  
}
 
/**
 * RemoveDuplicatedLinesByString
 * This function removes all duplicated lines of the given string.
 *
 * @param   string
 * @param   bool
 * @return  string
 */
function RemoveDuplicatedLinesByString($Lines, $IgnoreCase=false, $NewLine="\n"){
  if (is_array($Lines))
    $Lines = implode($NewLine, $Lines);
  $Lines = explode($NewLine, $Lines);
  $LineArray = array();
  $Duplicates = 0;
  // Go trough all lines of the given file
  for ($Line=0; $Line < count($Lines); $Line++){
    // Trim whitespace for the current line
    $CurrentLine = trim($Lines[$Line]);
    // Skip empty lines
    if ($CurrentLine == '')
      continue;
    // Use the line contents as array key
    $LineKey = $CurrentLine;
    if ($IgnoreCase)
      $LineKey = strtolower($LineKey);
    // Check if the array key already exists,
    // if not add it otherwise increase the counter
    if (!isset($LineArray[$LineKey]))
      $LineArray[$LineKey] = $CurrentLine;    
    else        
      $Duplicates++;
  }
  // Sort the array
  asort($LineArray);
  // Return how many lines got removed
  return implode($NewLine, array_values($LineArray));  
}

// Example 1
// Removes all duplicated lines of the file definied in the first parameter.
$RemovedLinesCount = RemoveDuplicatedLines('test.txt');
print "Removed $RemovedLinesCount duplicate lines from the test.txt file.";
// Example 2 (Ignore case)
// Same as above, just ignores the line case.
RemoveDuplicatedLines('test.txt', true);
// Example 3 (Custom new line character)
// By using the 3rd parameter you can define which character
// should be used as new line indicator. In this case
// the example file looks like 'foo;bar;foo;foo' and will
// be replaced with 'foo;bar' 
RemoveDuplicatedLines('test.txt', false, ';');