Editing a file

[tobeyt23]

I need to open a template file change a text var and then save the file as something new. How can I do this?

[BlueSkyIS]

fopen() and fread() the file, or use file() if the lines are distinct. find the text var to change, then save the updated content in a new file with a new fopen()/fwrite().

[kenrbnsn]

You can also use file_get_contents and file_put_contents for reading & writing the file.

 

Ken

[tobeyt23]

This is what a came up with:

 

<?php
$_file      = 'text.txt';
$_contents  = file_get_contents($_file);
$_replace   = "Replaced";
$_find      = '###FIND###';
$_contents  = str_replace($_find, $_replace, $_contents);
$_fo        = fopen($_file,"w") or die ("Error editing.");

fputs($_fo,$_contents);
fclose($_fo) or die ("Error Closing File!");
?>