[RESOLVED] fwrite is not overwriting all data in file

[steamPunk]

Hi

I've made a function that will write a string to a text file and it works ok except that if i write a new string to the same file there are bits of the end of the string added like this :

DBCODENAME;;;;67, cours gambetta;11, tour d'aygosi ;13100;aix en provence;;06xxxxxxxx;[e-mail];;;27/05/1963;u;4560
560
7/05/1963;u;4560

when it should be

DBCODENAME;;;;67, cours gambetta;11, tour d'aygosi ;13100;aix en provence;;06xxxxxxxx;[e-mail];;;27/05/1963;u;4560

here's my function

function writeFile($str,$name,$path = FTP_PATH_OUT){
	$made = touch($path.$name);
	op($path.$name,"path");
	chmod($path.$name,0705);
	$handle = fopen($path.$name, "r+");
	fwrite($handle, $str);
	fclose($handle);		
}

what do i need to add so that the file is wiped before writing the new data ? I've had a look in the manual but haven't seen anything that mentions this problem

thanks

[bradgrafelman]

Change the file mode when you open the file. As the manual says on the page for [man]fopen[/man], a mode of 'w+' will:

Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer at the beginning of the file and truncate the file to zero length.

[steamPunk]

ok - I was looking at fwrite() and it hadn't occurred to me to look at the mode thing :queasy:

thanks for your help