php overwrite 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: overwrite file php

file_put_contents('file.txt', 'bar');
echo file_get_contents('file.txt'); // bar
file_put_contents('file.txt', 'foo');
echo file_get_contents('file.txt'); // foo