Re: external file

On 24 May, Eric Porter wrote: > I have a file on the server i want to manipulate. > Here is the goal. I want to open the file, select > the first line insert this line into a table, > then delete this line in the external file. > Sounds easy right? If someone has a example that > would be great. > > Thanks agian list. > Eric How about something like: open the file for read use fgets to read the first line add the result to <table> use fgets to read the rest of the file to $string close the file open the file for write (Note this trashes the file so you might want some sort of check to ensure everything so far is OK. Or maybe you could open a new file and when you are sure everything is OK copy it to the old file) use fputs to write $string to the file close the file Cheers -- 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