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FILE MANIPULATION CODE

delete lines from a file
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    This function allows you to delete lines of text from a file. Great for editing small .txt files if you don't want to open your FTP! (call me lazy but thats what I use it for!)

    By : DeadlySin3

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>removing lines from a file</title>
    </head>

    <body>

    <?php

    // this function strips a specific line from a file
    // if no linenumber is specified, last line is stripped
    // if a line is stripped, functions returns True else false
    //
    // e.g.
    // cutline('foo.txt'); // strip last line
    // cutline('foo.txt',1); // strip first line

    /* its probably a good idea to allow access to this file via a password. otherwise, anyone that knows its in your directory could delete lines of text from the file you specify below! */

    function cutline($filename,$line_no=-1) {

    $strip_return=FALSE;

    $data=file($filename);
    $pipe=fopen($filename,'w');
    $size=count($data);

    if($line_no==-1) $skip=$size-1;
    else $skip=$line_no-1;

    for($line=0;$line<$size;$line++)
    if($line!=$skip)
    fputs($pipe,$data[$line]);
    else
    $strip_return=TRUE;

    return $strip_return;
    }

    cutline('foo.txt',6); // deletes line 6 in foo.txt
    }
    ?>

    </body>
    </html>

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