RE: [PHP] writing / reading from text files

from the manual: fgets -- Gets line from file pointer Description string fgets (int fp, int length) Returns a string of up to length - 1 bytes read from the file pointed to by fp. Reading ends when length - 1 bytes have been read, on a newline (which is included in the return value), or on EOF (whichever comes first). If an error occurs, returns FALSE. The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(), popen(), or fsockopen(). fputs -- Writes to a file pointer Description int fputs (int fp, string str [, int length]) fputs() is an alias to fwrite(), and is identical in every way. Note that the length parameter is optional and if not specified the entire string will be written -----Original Message----- From: cyberskydive [mailto:cyberskydive@sunraydesigns.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:36 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] writing / reading from text files thanks guys, there is just one more question I dont see an answer for anywhere I've looked. will fseek read past \n's and if so how do I move the filepointer to a newline, or should I just put all the data on one line? (not unreasonable n this case) "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> wrote in message news:EAA093B474ABD311A71E00508B5FE08305C2D1C3@adntex03.us.excel.com... > from the manual: > > int fseek (int fp, int offset [, int whence]) > Sets the file position indicator for the file referenced by fp.The new > position, measured in bytes from the beginning of the file, is obtained by > adding offset to the position specified by whence, whose values are defined > as follows: > SEEK_SET - Set position equal to offset bytes. > SEEK_CUR - Set position to current location plus offset. > SEEK_END - Set position to end-of-file plus offset. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cyberskydive [mailto:cyberskydive@sunraydesigns.com] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:43 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] writing / reading from text files > > > lol- so I use fseek() to move the file pointer before where I need to > write/replace/update a value? Is there a parameter for fseek to tell it to > move to a newline, or stop after a certain bytes? > "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> wrote in message > > news:EAA093B474ABD311A71E00508B5FE08305C2D1C2@adntex03.us.excel.com... > > fopen(), fwrite(),fseek(),fread(),fclose() > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cyberskydive [mailto:cyberskydive@sunraydesigns.com] > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:29 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] writing / reading from text files > > > > > > I need to write to a specific line in a text file, read from a line on > > demand, and update values at random, I want to do this all in the same > text > > file. > > > > what is the best way to go about this? > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php