Re: Deleting a String from a file.

From: "Cameron Badgley" <autocautiondoor@hotmail.com> > Hey, I'm trying to write a script which deletes a String from a file. The > String that the user wants deleted is provided from a form and the file is > named to2do.txt. I have a hidden variable called "deleting" that lets me > know when the string has been submitted. > > I have written the following code but receive the error: > Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in > /u3/7/cirop27/public_html/todo/to2doDEL.php on line 63 [snip] > $mfile = fopen("to2do.txt",'r+'); This opens the file and makes $mfile a file handle, but it does not read it. > > //delete the string > $mfile = str_replace($msg, "", $mfile); You're overwriting the file handle here by using the same variable. > /*** error occurs here ***/ > fclose($mfile); You also need to write the new data to the file... fread(), fwrite(), etc... ---John Holmes...