replace a line in a file...

[Anon]

what I need to do is replace a line <site title> in a template file

with something like

MySite.com - Index

same with the main content and links

[kparker]

So you don't actually mean a literal line (bounded by \n) but merely the string

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;site title&gt;

That's pretty easy:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$title = 'MySite.com - Index';

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$html = ereg_replace('&lt;site title&gt;', $title, $html );

and similarly for the rest.

[Anon]

how can i get it to put it back into the string with that data because it doesn't seem to work heres the code i have currently

<?php

// Settings Section begins here!

$sitedir = "c:/webserver/htdocs/hwsite"; // Absolute Path to site directory
$templatedir = "$sitedir/Sources"; // Path to template file
$templatefile = "template.html"; // Template File Name

// Settings Section ends here!

// Script starts here leave alone unless you are modify the code!

$template = readfile ("$templatedir/template.html");

$template = ereg_replace('<site title>', 'Site Title', $template );
$template = ereg_replace('<site links>', 'Site Links', $template );
$template = ereg_replace('<site main>', 'Site Main', $template );

echo $template;

?>

BTW: how come it puts nubers at the end i think is has to do with read file

template.html contains theml to be used

[kparker]

how come it puts nubers at the end i think is has to do with readfile

Yep; that's your clue. Have you read what readfile() actually does? Quoting from the manual:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reads a file and writes it to standard output.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns the number of bytes read from the file...

If all you want is to get the file's contents into a variable, use fread():

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$template = fread("$templatedir/template.html", filesize(...));