Delete the contents of a file

[nick_k]

i just made my first guestbook in php, witch stores all the input in a file. what i want to make, is a administrative function, that allows the person with a valid password to clear all the comments. so basically, what i need is a function that deletes all the contents of a specific file.
Thanks, Nick

[Oleg Butuzov]

part of code that you can use

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if ($login == "login" && $password == '$password')
{
// your administrate functions
}

this is basis for your admin script

[nick_k]

thanks, now i got the basis, but does anyone know how to delete all the contents of a certain file?


btw. Pejone, which part of Ukraine are you from?

[Oleg Butuzov]

You can rewrite all file. you can use this script (copyright be Kompadre
from PHP forum at http://www.flasher.ru/forum/)

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<?

$fh = fopen ("file", "r");
while ($line = fgets($fh, 1024)) {
if (!ereg("pattern", $line)) $out = $out . $line;
}
fclose ($fh);

$fh = fopen ("file", "w");
fwrite ($fh, $out);
fclose ($fh);

?>

P.S.
I am from Khmelnitsky, Western part of Ukraine. Why You asking ?

[nick_k]

thanks, thats just what i was looking for.

P.S.

I was just asking because my mom is also from Ukraine

[Oleg Butuzov]

Do you speak ukrainian or russian ?

[nick_k]

i speak russian fluently

[Oleg Butuzov]

do you have ICQ ?

[nick_k]

yep, 178707273