adding code to text file

[Anon]

i'm trying to add some html code to the top of a text file, without deleting the old contents...
i tried several ways to achieve this [ such as fopen($file , "r+") or fopen($file , "aw") ], but
either the text is not put on top of the file, some text is deleted or the old contents is completely deleted.

let's call the file code.txt, some old contents is in it, and the code "<b>code</b>" shall be added on top of the file. the code can be longer than one single line in an text editor.

i just don't know any other possibilities and where to search for...

thanks in advance!

[bdbush]

Maybe there is a better way to do what you need. Give me some more info on what you are trying to do. ie. I get the feeling you are given a generic file and want to append a format tag to the front for display.

If that is the case you have several options. For instance, one of the things that I do is use fopen to stream a file into a variable and then modify the output for display.

--brian