Re: File handling

on 29/11/02 7:06 PM, Jeff RingRose (JRingRose@atlasalu.ie) wrote: > Justin, > Option b. delete all AFTER "foo", I.E. truncate the file directly after > "foo". Leaving "foo" and all the data before "foo" untouched. And what happens if there are more than one occurrence of "foo"? I assume you mean the first occurrence. And what happens if "foo" is found within another word, like "aafooaa"... this example assumes this doesn't matter... it's looking for 'foo', not ' foo '. One of way is to read the file into a variable, split the var on "foo", and rewrite the file out. <? $split = 'foo'; $file = 'dummyfiles/01-04-29.php'; // get file contents $fd = fopen ($file, "r"); $mytext = fread ($fd, filesize($file)); fclose ($fd); // split it on $split, append $split to first chunk list($prefix,$suffix) = split($split,$mytext); unset($suffix); $newtext = $prefix.$split; // write to file $fp = fopen($file, 'w'); fwrite($fp, $newtext); fclose($fp); ?> 1. Totally untested code, but most of it was lifted out of the manual in some way or another. 2. Permissions of the file to be read/written will need to be correct 3. I've included no error reporting or correct checking... you'll need to add this yourself Season to taste... Justin French -------------------- http://Indent.com.au Web Development & Graphic Design --------------------