Re: Some advice on working with files

From: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:29:40 +0000
Subject: Re: Some advice on working with files
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Ken N, > Hi. > > I need to open a file and be able to delete and modify contents of it. I > have looked at the file functions but it seems like I am a little limited. > For instance, what if I wanted to open a file pick out 3 or 4 line os text > and replace them? How best to do this. Sure I could use egrep_replace() > but in php I can't egrep an entire file. Unless There's someting I don't > know about. > > If anyone has dealt with this kind of situation and has some advice I > would love to hear it. If I was you I'd use the file-function and load the whole file into an array, do the changes on the array and then rewrite the whole file from scratch. -- Øyvind Grønnesby "Wow, I had knowledge!" --Buffy

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