How to overwrite data in a text file

[melvnatic]

I found out how to use php to write, append, and truncate to a text file. How do you add info on top of the info already in the text file?

Example:
after appending bbbbb to file A which contains:

aaaaa,

you have:

aaaaa
bbbbb

Is it possible to end up with:

bbbbb
aaaaa

? Thank you!

Seriously, I think I'm loosing more brain cells working out php than banging my head against the wall...

[zq29]

If you open the file with $handle = fopen("file.txt", "wb") it should place the file pointer at the beginning of the file ready for fwrite() to write to it at that pointer. I [i]think[/i]!

[litebearer]

function write_beg($filename, $data){
//Imports old data
$handle = f open($filename, "r");
$old_content = f read($handle, filesize ($filename));
f close($handle);

//Sets up new data
$final_content = $data.$old_content;

//Writes new data
$handle2 = f open($filename, "w");
$finalwrite = f write($handle2, $final_content);
f close($handle2);
}

Lite...
(apparently the gorum still has a problem with code using file open functions; therefore in the above, remove any space that immediately follows a 'f'; ie f open etc)