file writing to start

[Snubby]

say for some crazy reason I wanted to write to the start of a file, would I do something with arrays? I'm pretty sure I can do that, but is there an easier way?

[DFox]

It would help if you told us what language you are using :)

[Afro-Ninja]

At 12/3/06 09:12 PM, SpamBurger wrote: <?php
$oldcontent=file_get_contents("file.ext");

$fr=fopen("file.ext","w");
fwrite($fr,'new content '.$oldcontent);
fclose($fr);
?>

'w' starts at the beginning and truncates the file, if you use 'r+' it will place the pointer at the beginning and you wont have to read in the contents of the old file first

[Snubby]

At 12/3/06 09:10 PM, DFox wrote: It would help if you told us what language you are using :)

Woah sorry, that totally slipped my mind! I feel so stupid... PHP 4!

[henke37]

Why does everybody keep opening and closing the same file? Just open it once and do what you need.