COMPLETE NOOB needing help with File handling

_V_aRiO_FDZ

Hi, my name is Mario, I need help. BAD.

I'm doing a FLASH (not that good at this one either) application which requieres a small DB which I take out of a txt file. I'm using the LoadVar statement to load variables into the PHP file in order to write into a Notepad.

Now, here's where I'm getting stuck

I can save data into the PHP file, but I need to save the data ON THE NEXT TO LAST LINE of the file (or 20 characters before EOF), and the tutorial I got tought me about getting to the end of it with

$gotoLastByteOfTxTFile = @fseek($myTextFileHandler,0,SEEK_END);

Is there a Search function I can use??

Perhaps FEOF, I dunno, or FILE_GET_CONTENTS....

TIA

Take Care

bpat1434

Might I suggest you read the user notes in the [man]fseek/man manual entry? They speak of reading next-to-last and fourth-from-last lines of files.... seems to be right up your alley.

I guess ultimately you could read the last line, and when you append your info, just add the last line to it. Doing that instead of just inserting may be easier. 😉

_V_aRiO_FDZ

Thanks, I'll check it out. Although I must say that I NEED that line since the file is used by more than one application and it requires it.

I'll go check it out. Thanks again

Take Care

bpat1434

Right.. but if you take the line you have... and take the info you have... and combine them in such a way that the new info is prepended to the last line, you can then just re-write the last line of the file....