RE: [PHP] Deleting a string from a text file

you could also do it this way: $ofile = "file.txt"; // original file $nfile = "new.file.txt"; // new file $string = "original"; // what needs to be replaced $replace = "replacement"; // what to replace it with $data = file($ofile); // original file's data $fp = fopen($nfile,"w") or die("Cannot open for writing"); while ( list(,$line) = each($data) ) { $line = preg_replace("/$string/", $replace, $line); fwrite($fp, $line) or die("Cannot write"); } fclose($fp); $r = copy($nfile,$ofile) or die("Unable to copy"); $r = unlink($nfile) or die("Cannot unlink");