Ahah! That's what I was thinking, thatnks for helping me clear that up!
John Holmes wrote:
>>I have a chat script that I downloaded and according to the license I
>>can modify it as much as I want, and I'm a little stuck on a simple
>>modification I want to make. When you type in a message it stores in
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>>a file called text.php and then the chat page does an include call for
>>the text.php file. Currently, the writer of this script has it setup
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>so
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>>all new text added is placed at the begining of the file using the
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>"w+"
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>>command, according to php.net with fopen if I switch the "w+" to "a+"
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>it
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>>shoudl place the new data at the end of the file. However, when I make
>>this switch, the data is still being placed at the begining of the
>>text.php file. I've including the portion of the script that writes to
>>text.php can someone help me find what I'm not seeing?
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>>$filename = "text.php";
>> $fileAr= file($filename);
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>It's reading the whole file into an array here. The newest lines will
>still be first.
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>> exec("cat /dev/null > '$filename'");
>> $fd = fopen( $filename, "w+" );
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>This opens the file and truncates it to zero length.
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>> $filemessage = "<a
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>href=\"javascript:launcher('profile.php?username=$username');\"><B>$user
>na
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>>me</B></a>:
>>";
>> $filemessage .="<font
>>color=\"$fcolor\">$chat</font><BR>\n";
>> fputs($fd,$filemessage);
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>This write the new, formatted message.
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>> $numLines = 20;
>> for ($i=0;$i<$numLines;$i++) {
>> fputs($fd,$fileAr[$i]);
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>And then write the first 20 lines of the file.
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>> }
>> fclose( $fd );
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>So, if you want it in the new format of newest chat last in the file,
>then use the same script, but fputs() the 20 old lines first, then the
>new line. Just change the order.
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>This would work for you:
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>$numLines = 20;
>$filename = "text.php";
>//read whole file
>$fileArr = file($filename);
>//open file and truncate to zero
>$fp = fopen($filename,"w+");
>//write 20 lines of old file to new file
>fputs($fp,array_slice($fileArr,0,$numLines);
>//format $message
>//write message to file
>fputs($fp,$message);
>//close file
>fclose($fp);
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>Adapt to your needs...
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>---John Holmes...
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