Fwd: Using PHP to remove certain number of bytes from file

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Maybe one of these days I'll remember to actually reply to the list the
first time.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Darwin <bddarwin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Dec 30, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: Re:  Using PHP to remove certain number of bytes from file
To: Scott Wilcox <sc0tt@xxxxxxx>


Try this:

$file_data = file_get_contents('filename', false, null, 230);
file_put_contents('filename', $file_data);

This should do exactly what you need, although you may want to see if either
one returns false (indicating an error) and stop the script.

  On Dec 30, 2007 12:20 PM, Scott Wilcox <sc0tt@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is it possible with PHP to remove a certain number of bytes from a file,
> purely within PHP?
>
> If so, does someone have an example of doing this, removing the first
> 230 bytes from a file.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott.
>
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