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PHP

Posted by Ben Bastow
Ben Bastow
24,657 Points

Adding a string to each line but the first

Hi!

I am trying to add a string to the end of eachline. So far this works. However I dont want the string to be added to the end of the first line. How can I do this?

So far i have got:

<?php

$EOLString="string \n";
$fileName = "file.txt";
$baseFile = fopen($fileName, "r");
$newFile="";
while(!feof($baseFile)) {
    $newFile.= str_replace(PHP_EOL, $EOLString, fgets($baseFile));
}
fclose($baseFile);
file_put_contents("newfile.txt", $newFile);

$bingName = "newfile.txt";
$bingFile = fopen($bingName, "a+");
fwrite($bingFile,$EOLString);
fclose($bingFile);

?>

2 Answers

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points 
<?php

$fileName = "file.txt";
$EOLString="string \n";
$lines = file($fileName, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
$x = 0;

foreach($lines as $line){
    if ($x > 0) {
        $lines[$x] .= $EOLString;
        file_put_contents("inputfile.txt", $lines[$x], FILE_APPEND);    
    }
    $x++;   
}

?>

*Edited as my last answer was flawed :)

This code will add the file to an array and then append each line of the array to a new file, using if statements to skip the first line.

Ben Bastow
Ben Bastow
24,657 Points

Hi ashley Thanks for the reply!!

However, It didn't work and i have no clue why :(

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

I realised the mistake with my last answer, even when the if is true it will start on the first line of the file.

Try this instead:

<?php

$fileName = "file.txt";
$EOLString="string \n";
$lines = file($fileName, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
$x = 0;

foreach($lines as $line){
    if ($x > 0) {
        $lines[$x] .= $EOLString;
        file_put_contents("inputfile.txt", $lines[$x], FILE_APPEND);    
    }
    $x++;   
}

?>
Ben Bastow
Ben Bastow
24,657 Points
Ben Bastow
Ben Bastow
24,657 Points

Ashely! thank youu!! this works!! I also found another way to do this by setting the fgets to a variable in the whileloop before the counter as this then gets the line and goes to the second line :)!! thank you for helping me!!