php add line to file code example

Example 1: php append to file

// LOCK_EX will prevent anyone else writing to the file at the same time
// PHP_EOL will add linebreak after each line
$txt = "data-to-add";
$myfile = file_put_contents('logs.txt', $txt.PHP_EOL , FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

// Second option is this
$myfile = fopen("logs.txt", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
$txt = "user id date";
fwrite($myfile, "\n". $txt);
fclose($myfile);

Example 2: php append line to file

file_put_contents("filename.txt","new line to appended\n",FILE_APPEND);