Replacing variables while writing data files?

[Tim Mousel]

Hello,

I'm reading a file on my server and then I'm writing that file out to a different directory. In the original file there is a tag <-- $username -->. In the new file that is written I'd like all occurrences of <-- $username --> replaced with an actual username. Here is the script I'm using:

$file_loc = "/home/public_html/index.html";

$whattoread = fopen($file_loc, "r");

$file_contents = fread($whattoread, filesize($file_loc));

fclose($whattoread);


//new file to make.  This is the file I would like all occurrences of <-- $username --> to be replaced with the actual username.

$newfile = fopen"/home/public_html/affiliates/username.html", "w");
    fwrite($newfile, "$file_contents");

    fclose($newfile); 

Any ideas would be appreciated,

Tim Mousel

[JohnM]

$var = str_replace('<!-- $username -->', $username, $var); 

[Tim Mousel]

Hi,

Thanks! I went to the manual and read about it....I hate to sound stupid, but where do I place that code?

Thanks,

Tim

[Tim Mousel]

I figured it out.

Thanks for the info,

Tim

[JohnM]

$whattoread = fopen($file_loc, "r");

$file_contents = fread($whattoread, filesize($file_loc));

fclose($whattoread); 

would be better written as:

$file_contents = implode("",file($file_loc)); 

[Tim Mousel]

Cool! I'll give it a try. I always appreciate these tips.

Tim