In php i am opening a text file and appending to it. However I need to append 3 chars before the end of file. In other words i need to append/write from a specific place in the file.
Can any one help?
Best Regards Luben
In php i am opening a text file and appending to it. However I need to append 3 chars before the end of file. In other words i need to append/write from a specific place in the file.
Can any one help?
Best Regards Luben
You need to open the file for edit, seek to the desired position and then write to the file, eg.:
<?php
$file = fopen($filename, "c");
fseek($file, -3, SEEK_END);
fwrite($file, "whatever you want to write");
fclose($file);
?>
Further reference at php.net - fseek doc
Hope that helps.
If it's a short text file and you are only doing this once you can read in the contents (with fread()), store it only upto 3 chars from the end using substring and then append your new content onto the end of that and write.
But as I say if this is a regular thing and/or with large files, this isn't the best approach. I'll have a think.
Hope this helps