Re: replacing a line in a file

Hey! I didn't try to analyze your code, but why not using the file() function which opens a file and puts it's content into an array. After doing that, you could seek that array line-by-line for "$data[0]:$shadow[1]" and replace it with $data[0]:$data[1]. Since you're dealing with full lines in your script, file() is the best choice (though, sometimes not the fastest). It will also improve your code by making it much easier to read than when using fopen(), fread(), etc.. as you're doing now. Best Regards - Aviv Revach At 17:29 13/03/01 -0600, enthalpy wrote:

having problems replacing a line in a file. need to search the whole document for a string and then replace that line with a string. any ideas? this is causing lots of problems now. $fpoint3 = fopen ($testshadow, "r+") or die("couldnt open shadow file again"); $contents = fread ($fpoint3, $shadowfilesize); fputs ($fpoint3, ereg_replace("$data[0]:$shadow[1]", "$data[0]:$data[1]", $contents)); fclose ($fpoint3); any ideas? <-----CoreComm-Internet-Services---http://core.com----->

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