Re: overwriting file record

Thanks!! But would this work if I was to add / remove one character from the record (such as to comment out or uncomment a record)? [I am changing the record length!] /dl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Vail" <warren@vailtech.net> To: "DoL" <dwylau@netvigator.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:17 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] overwriting file record > Sure, try; > > $fp=fopen($filename,"r+"); > fseek($fp, $recordstartoffset, SEEK_SET); > fwrite($fp,$string,strlen($string)); > fclose($fp); > > This should work, (haven't tried it lately) > > You will want to make sure your string is the right length, and calculate > the recordstartoffset carefully. You may also want to consider opening the > file with the binary safe mode (add a "b" to the mode), especially if your > server is running under windows. I would also recommend you add some error > checking on the write. > > hope this gets you where you want to go. > > Warren Vail > > -----Original Message----- > From: DoL [mailto:dwylau@netvigator.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:40 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] overwriting file record > > > Hi All > > Is there a smarter way to update a file record instead of moving all records > to a new temp file and rename it back afterwards? > > > Many Thanks > /dl > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >