Writing in the beginning of an existing file.

[Anon]

I have made a guestbook and wish to write the latest greeting to the beginning of an existing file. First I have opened the file with:

$fp = fopen("file.html","r+");
fputs($fp,"abc");

This works fine the first time i do it, but when try it again it overwrites what it is already appended. What have I done wrong?

Thanks

Frank

[Anon]

What have I done wrong?

In thinking it could be done that way. There is no
way to insert data into the front of an existing file.
Your alternatives are either (1) rewrite the entire
file, inserting the new line in front of the existing
content and then renaming the new file back to
the original name, or (2) use a database.

[Anon]

there might be...... its un-tested by me but u can use:

$fp = fopen("filenbame.txt","aw"):

this places the file pointer at the beginning of the file (like the write function), and does not delete the rest of the data (the append function).

i haven't tried it myself but apparantly it works :-)