Writing a file?

I'm stuck. I have this php code that basically loops through a file and puts it all in a variable. But is there a way to save that variables info to a new file or in an existing one???


<?php

$lines = file('storage.xml');
$vars = "";

foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) {
$vars .= htmlspecialchars($line) . "<br />\n";
}

echo $vars;
?>

is there a way to put the contents of $vars in to a blank file (basically creating a new one) or an existing xml file???

thanks, your help is much appreciated

PHP Code:

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$newfile = "newfile.txt"; // The file name.
$filehand = fopen($newfile,"a"); // Open the file with Writing Ability. (Will create the file if doesn't exist)
fwrite($filehand, $vars); // Write $vars to the file.
fclose($filehand); // Close the file. 


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Rudi :wave:

file_put_contents() does all the above at once.

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Originally Posted by penagate

file_put_contents() does all the above at once.

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Damn you penagay! :mad: :lol: :lol:

In PHP 5:

PHP Code:

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file_put_contents('new_file', file_get_contents('old_file')); 


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In PHP 4:

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$hwnd = fopen('new_file', 'wb');
$data = file_get_contents('old_file');

fwrite($hwnd, $data);
fclose($hwnd); 


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Obviously, where necessary, you would check for errors in the above operations.