Re: editing a file

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Andres Gonzalez <andres@packetstorm.com> wrote: > I have a large C source file that is generated by a separate > source-generating program. When the generated src file is compiled, it > produces tons of warnings. I want to edit the generated src file and delete > the offending lines. > > What is the easiest way using a PHP script to read in a file, search for a > particular signature, and delete a couple of lines? Seems like this would be > very easy in PHP. file_get_contents() to get the file into a $string. preg_match_all(,,$matches) to get to what you need, str_replace() to replace $matches with your chosen replacements and there you are :) file_put_contents() to save the results.. > > Thanks, > > -Andres > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- --------------------------------- Greetings from Rene7705, My free open source webcomponents: http://code.google.com/u/rene7705/ http://mediabeez.ws/downloads (and demos) http://www.facebook.com/rene7705 ---------------------------------