Simple file operations via David Walsh

gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * ref http://davidwalsh.name/basic-php-file-handling-create-open-read-write-append-close-delete
 */
header('Content-Type: text/plain');

//##Create a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file); //implicitly creates file


##Open a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file); //open file for writing ('w','r','a')...


##Write to a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file);
//$data = 'This is the data';
//fwrite($handle, $data);


//##Read a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'r');
//$data = fread($handle,filesize($my_file));
//echo $data;


##Append to a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'a') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file);
//$data = "\n".'New data line 1';
//fwrite($handle, $data);
//$new_data = "\n".'New data line 2';
//fwrite($handle, $new_data);
//$read = file_get_contents($my_file);
//echo $read;


//##Close a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file);
////write some data here
//fclose($handle);


//##Delete a File
//$my_file = 'file.txt';
//unlink($my_file);