Re: Script Modificaton question

Ahah! That's what I was thinking, thatnks for helping me clear that up! John Holmes wrote:

I have a chat script that I downloaded and according to the license I can modify it as much as I want, and I'm a little stuck on a simple modification I want to make. When you type in a message it stores in

in

a file called text.php and then the chat page does an include call for the text.php file. Currently, the writer of this script has it setup

so

all new text added is placed at the begining of the file using the

"w+"

command, according to php.net with fopen if I switch the "w+" to "a+"

it

shoudl place the new data at the end of the file. However, when I make this switch, the data is still being placed at the begining of the text.php file. I've including the portion of the script that writes to text.php can someone help me find what I'm not seeing? $filename = "text.php";

               $fileAr= file($filename);
   

It's reading the whole file into an array here. The newest lines will still be first.

               exec("cat /dev/null > '$filename'");
               $fd = fopen( $filename, "w+" );
   

This opens the file and truncates it to zero length.

               $filemessage = "<a

href=\"javascript:launcher('profile.php?username=$username');\"><B>$user na

me</B></a>: ";

               $filemessage .="<font

color=\"$fcolor\">$chat</font><BR>\n";

               fputs($fd,$filemessage);
   

This write the new, formatted message.

               $numLines = 20;
               for ($i=0;$i<$numLines;$i++) {
                   fputs($fd,$fileAr[$i]);
   

And then write the first 20 lines of the file.

               }
               fclose( $fd );
   

So, if you want it in the new format of newest chat last in the file, then use the same script, but fputs() the 20 old lines first, then the new line. Just change the order. This would work for you: $numLines = 20; $filename = "text.php"; //read whole file $fileArr = file($filename); //open file and truncate to zero $fp = fopen($filename,"w+"); //write 20 lines of old file to new file fputs($fp,array_slice($fileArr,0,$numLines); //format $message //write message to file fputs($fp,$message); //close file fclose($fp); Adapt to your needs... ---John Holmes...