Question

I want to make a script, which could automatic edit a PHP file.
For example, in PHP file abc.php I have this script

<?php
/* 
Data : 'Valid Data'
Method : 'Yes'
*/
?>

And I want that, when I get data to a page via $_GET or $_POST on another page data.php, then abc.php file will get edited with new Data. Identity for replacing the old value in abc.php is single colon (Data : ‘Valid Data’).

I have already tried http://www.hotscripts.com/listing/simple-php-file-editor/, but it doesn’t provide any way to use it in my situation.

Answer 1

//Read the text of abc.php into an array, one line per entry
$lines = file('abc.php');

//Replace the third line with the new text, including your new data
$lines[2] = "Data : '" . $some_data . "'\n";

//Write the new lines into abc.php
file_put_contents('abc.php', implode($lines));

• http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php

• http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.file-put-contents.php

• http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.implode.php