how to clear a .txt file with php

[Jan]

I'm busy making a very basic and simple content management system wich
stores the text in a .txt file. now i need to know how i can clear the
..txt file.. now it just adds the new text to the .txt file while it
should replace it!
I also like to display the old text in the textarea... help me please!

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: how to clear a .txt file with php

On 2003-12-20, Jan <janvanderburgt @hotmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm busy making a very basic and simple content management system wich
> stores the text in a .txt file. now i need to know how i can clear the
> .txt file.. now it just adds the new text to the .txt file while it
> should replace it!
> I also like to display the old text in the textarea... help me please![/color]

http://www.php.net/manual/nl/ref.filesystem.php

Here you find everything you need to know...

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[DaWaN]

Re: how to clear a .txt file with php

to display the old text then open the file for read first
fopen('filename .txt', 'r') and display the content, then when you wanna
replace the content with the new text just
open the file for write and it'll truncate the content.
fopen('filename .txt', 'w') will do

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"Jan" <janvanderburgt @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:541da53e.0 312200506.5f78d b54@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I'm busy making a very basic and simple content management system wich
> stores the text in a .txt file. now i need to know how i can clear the
> .txt file.. now it just adds the new text to the .txt file while it
> should replace it!
> I also like to display the old text in the textarea... help me please![/color]