delete just the contents of a file, not unlink the entire file

[satch]

I need to remove the contents of a file, but not remove the file entirely. Can this be done with php? I assume yes, but how?

Thanks in advance!
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[LordShryku]

Are you trying to delete contents of a file? Or part of a record in a database?

[satch]

the contents of a text file

[LordShryku]

For what I know, and I'm still pretty new at this, but PHP is used for database interaction. Is this just a text file?

[satch]

yep, i'm sure it can.. i can use unlink, but then it deletes the entire file.

[Jedi_Legend]

<?php

if ($file = @fopen("path/to/file","w")) {
    // Replace contents with an empty string 
    fputs($file, "");
    fclose($file);
}
 else {
     echo "Failed to open file for writing.");
        }
?>

[satch]

Cheers!! thank you much!

[Jedi_Legend]

Originally posted by satch
Cheers!! thank you much!

You're welcome. 🙂