not sure I know how to do this... do you mean to open the file twice? once to read it and put it into a variable and then close the file and open it again, this time for writing?
I'm confused. this seems so much harder than it would be with Perl. But I really want to stick with PHP. Can anyone help me out here? I've looked the manual over and over, and checked the php.net website, but nothing covers the situation where you want to add text to the TOP of a file. fopen with the r+ option is not working the way it should. I'd be eternally grateful... brian On 11/19/01 6:45 PM, "Phelps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > load the content of the file into an variable first and then add the new > text part into it. > > something like this: > > $text = $newtext + $text; > > then save it... It should work... > > P. > >> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >> Från: Brian Tully [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Skickat: den 19 november 2001 22:03 >> Till: PHP >> Ämne: [PHP] fopen "r+" not working - how to add to beginning of txt file >> >> >> hey there - >> >> i've been going crazy trying to figure out how to add news items >> to the top >> of an already existing txt file containng previous news posts. While I'd >> love to change the system so everything is database-driven (as most of the >> rest of the site is), this news area has so much news posts that it would >> take forever to convert the info the database. >> >> SO... i want to just create a simple script that adds text to the >> beginning >> of an existing text file, without overwriting any previous text >> in the file. >> The manual and php site refer to using the fopen function with >> the r+ option >> - which i've done, BUT some if the text still gets overwritten >> with the new >> next. >> >> here's what I'm using: >> >> <?php >> >> $today = getdate(); >> $month = $today[month]; >> $mday = $today[mday]; >> $year = $today[year]; >> >> >> if ($fp = fopen("/home/foo/www/whats_new/whats_new2.txt", "r+")) { >> >> fwrite($fp, "this is the new line of text I want to add to the top of >> the page"); >> >> fclose($fp); >> >> print "success!"; >> >> } >> >> else { >> >> print "Could not open What\'s New file for updating."; >> >> } >> >> ?> >> >> >> What happens is that the line does get written to the top of the >> page but it >> overwrites or deletes some of the existing text. Even though the r+ option >> is supposed to put the pointer at the beginning of the file and >> add to it as >> opposed to overwriting it doesn't seem to be working for me. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Is there a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do? >> >> any help would be GREATLY appreciated! >> >> regards, >> brian >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
