Re: Interesting problem

Sorry for the incomplete solution -- the completed solution would work as follows $linesbefore="COMMENTS\nHERE\n";

while(list($line_num, $line) = each($httpd_conf)) {

    if(ereg("$domain", $line))
    {

// build up the contents of httpd_new by cat'ing all the lines together $line .= $linesbefore . ereg_replace("$line", "#REMOVED $date $line", "$line")."\n"; // may need to add a line feed at end -- untested

    }

}

// place the fputs outside the loop fputs($httpd_new,"$line"); HTH a little more, Tom Henry At 03:10 PM 6/29/00 +0000, Ken N wrote:

Ya, that's my problem, how do I get lines before? While moving through the while loop I can only access the item I am currently on, is there some way I can access the previous element. when ereg matches on that current element. Thanks Ken N http://cleveland.lug.net/~rocket/ The answer is simple if you grant that ironies are like submarines; dangerous only when submerged. On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, TomHenry wrote: Try something like HTH, Tom Henry At 02:57 PM 6/29/00 +0000, Ken N wrote:

Hi,

        This has got me a little confused. I am using list to plow 

through

an httpd.conf file and remove entries, however I have a little problem. I can use ereg_replace to add comments to the virthost entry but, what about the lines in before and after? Is there a way I can say to comment put the say two lines before the where I matched the reg exp? If you look at the code maybe it will make a little more sense. while(list($line_num, $line) = each($httpd_conf)) {

    if(ereg("$domain", $line))
    {
     $line = ereg_replace("$line", "#REMOVED $date $line", "$line");
    }
    fputs($httpd_new,"$line");

} Thanks Ken http://cleveland.lug.net/~rocket/ The answer is simple if you grant that ironies are like submarines; dangerous only when submerged. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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