Re: fputs / fwrites

yes,I think this is the script you're looking for. However,This script requires you to have lcnt.txt existing at the time this script runs. <?php $cfile = fopen("lcnt.txt", 'r+'); $lcnt = @fgets($cfile,10); rewind($cfile); fwrite ($cfile,++$lcnt); fclose($cfile); ?> -- Regards, Ns_Andy, ns_andy@yahoo.com "Lee Herron" <lee@audiomarket.com> wrote in message news:005601c2cce4$48e59350$6501a8c0@bluewebcow... > 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 .. it seems that there > should be a way of doing this without having to open and close the file > twice. > > I've tried: > $cfile = fopen("lcnt.txt", 'r+'); > $lcnt = fgets($cfile,10); > > This results in $lcnt having a value of 1 (loaded from value within 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 ... > >