How can I open an HTML file, modify it and then save it ?

Hi Guys...

I am using a php5 script.

I want to open an html file then find some text then replace that text with new text and then save the file.

e.g.
File to open: webstats.html
Text to find: "gensumtitle"
Text to replace it: 'gensumtitle'
Save file to: webstats.html

I'm sure that it is fairly simple, but I just can't figure it out.

Any help would be appreciated.

John C

 

Something along the lines of this:

<?php
// Load current contents of the file to the variable $contents
$contents = file_get_contents("webstats.html");
// Use str_replace to replace all occurrences of "gensumtitle" and replace it with 'gensumtitle'
$contents = str_replace("\"gensumtitle\"", "'gensumtitle'", $contents);
// Write the new contents to the file
file_put_contents("webstats.html", $contents);
?>

PHP:

 

Hi Muggles...

Many thanks for your very quiock reply.

I made a very silly mistake and spent hours trying to figure it out.

This was existing code:
# get the webstats.html file
$statfile="logs/webstats.html";

This is where I was up to:
$file = file_get_contents($statfile);
$file = str_replace("gensumtitle", 'gensumtitle', $file);
file_put_contents($statfile, $file);

This is the modifeid script with thanks to you:
$file = file_get_contents($statfile);
$file = str_replace("\"gensumtitle\"", "'gensumtitle'", $file);
file_put_contents($statfile, $file);

I didn't put the str_replace variables in quotes, nor did I delimit the quotes in the first variable.

Very many thanks for taking the time and trouble to help and advise me.

THANK YOU...

John C