Re: [PHP4BETA] Deleting a line in a file
| From: | David Robley | Date: | Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:10:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PHP4BETA] Deleting a line in a file | ||
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On 4 Dec, Matt Greene wrote:
> How do i go about deleting a line in a file through php?
You can't just 'delete a line' - you need to read the file into memory
and write out again just that part of the file you want to keep.
This is an operating system thing, not just restricted to PHP.
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