Re: fputs / fwrites ?

Please, don't hijack(*) the threads. (*) Hijack a thread - replying to an email from the usergroup modifying its subject and body making it look like a new post. Emails have also the in-reply-to headers which make the threads visualize in mail clients as the follow ups, although was intended as a new thread. -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:41:12 -0600 "Lee Herron" <lee@audiomarket.com> wrote: > Okay, so I want to open a file, get a small number from it (less than 3 > digits) then overwrite a new number (incremented the original by 1) and > close the file. > > The goal is to do this in the fastest way possible .. I don't like having to > open the file more than once to do this. > > I've tried: > $cfile = fopen("lcnt.txt", 'r+'); > $lcnt = fgets($cfile,10); > > This results in $lcnt having a value of 1 (from value in text file) > > Now, if I increment it: > > $nc = $lcnt+1; > > then write it back to the file: > > $nul = fwrite($cfile, $nc); > > It writes starting at where the last read left off -- I want to start at > zero offset so to overwrite the existing value. I can't find a method for > resetting the offset pointer without having to close the file and reopen it > with w+ > > There must be a simpler way to do this and I have a mental block. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >