or read the original file into memory, reopen the file for writing, write the first prepend bit, then write what you just read
-----Original Message----- From: Lars Torben Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:18 PM To: John Smythe Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] fopen On Thu, 2002-02-14 at 17:34, John Smythe wrote: > i wanna know if there is a way of opening a file in a certian mode so when i write to a txt file it writes at the top of the file, and doesnt overwrite whats at the start of the file No, not with fopen(). What you can do is create a temporary file with tempnam(), write the new data to that, *append* the data from the original file, and rename the temp file over the original file. Cheers, Torben > Regards, > John Smythe > http://www.smythey.org/ -- Torben Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php