Re: Search & replace text

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 06:41, CDitty wrote: > Hello all. I am trying to search through a text file on my server to > replace the user email. I can open the file and read it, but cannot > get it to "find" the actual string and replace it. Can someone look > over my code and see what the problem is? I am afraid that ereg is not > my strongest point. > > Also, at what point should I start writing the file out? Wouldn't > there be a permissions error if I was reading and writing at the same > time? > > Thanks > CDitty > > > $oldemail = "email1@mydomain.com"; > $newemail = "email2@mydomain.com"; > $user = "cditty"; > $file = fopen("/path/to/the/user/file/$user.dat", "r"); > if(!$file){ > echo "<p>Unable to open remote file.\n"; > exit; > }else{ > echo "Success<br>"; > } > while (!feof($file)) { > $line = fgets($file, 255); > if(eregi($oldemail, $line, $out)) { > str_replace($oldemail, $newemail, $line); You need to assign the output of this function to a string: $new_line = str_replace($oldemail, $newemail, $line); > } > > echo $line . "<BR>"; and then echo $new_line . '<BR>; > } > fclose($file) -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA