[SOLVED] Writing to a .txt file

[npsari]

Hi there,

 

I use this simple code to store the searches made by my visitors

 

$file = "search.txt";
$words = "$for \n\n";
$act = fopen($file, 'a') or die("Can't open file");
fwrite($act, $words);
fclose($act);

 

But the data is stored descending

which means, that the new searches are stored at the bottom of the page

so, to see what are the latest searches, i have to scroll down everytime

 

Is it possible that the new data be saved at the top fo the old data

so, the oldest will be at the bottom, and the newest will be at the top

how 

 

[blackcell]

You need to read the data out into an array $array, write the new search into the truncated file, then write the $array back in. If you need an example I will have to go digging but I think I still have some old code.

[moselkady]

You can read the contents of the file, add the new data before it, write everything to a new temporary file, then copy that new file to the original one.

 

<?php
$file = "search.txt";
$file2 = "temp.txt";
$words = "$for \n\n";
$words .= file_get_contents($file);
$act = fopen($file2, 'w') ;
fwrite($act, $words);
fclose($act);
copy($file2, $file);
?>

[npsari]

Thank you blacksell

 

And thank you moselkady

It is a smart idea

I will go for it