[PHP] Deleting a string from a text file

[Stevenson, Christopher]

Hello, folks. I'm relatively new to this.

Would anyone be willing to give me some code that will delete the first
occurrence of a string from a text file?

Thanks,
Chris.

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RE: [PHP] Deleting a string from a text file

[..s.c.o.t.t..]

you could also do it this way:

$ofile = file.txt;// original file
$nfile = new.file.txt;// new file

$string = original;   // what needs to be replaced
$replace = replacement;   // what to replace it with
$data = file($ofile);   // original file's data

$fp = fopen($nfile,w) or die(Cannot open for writing);
while ( list(,$line) = each($data) ) {
$line = preg_replace(/$string/, $replace, $line);
fwrite($fp, $line) or die(Cannot write);
}
fclose($fp);

$r = copy($nfile,$ofile) or die(Unable to copy);
$r = unlink($nfile) or die(Cannot unlink);



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