PHP - Jumping To A Point In A Text File

Hello, I have a problem with a script I'm making and I'm pretty stumped.

I have coded a template parser that parses tags in {} and I am allowing users to integrate a part of my script with the {integrate} tag.

This is my script tags.

  // Template Tags
$data = array();
$data[title]  = $config[title];
    $data[page] = $mcore->currentPage();
    $data[integrate] = $mcore->pageSwitch();
    

page switch function:
    
        function pageSwitch() {
            if(!$_GET['act']) {
                $use = "news.php";
                } else {
                    $use = $_GET['act'];
                }
                
                $this->file = $use;
                
                return $this->file;
            }

I want it to include the file where the person puts the {integrate} tag in their template.

But when I call it, it includes the file at the top of the template, rather than where the put it.

How would I get it to include the template only where they put it?

I can post my template class if needed.

Ok i have been working on this for a day+ now. here is my delema

simple .ini text file. when a user makes a change (via html form) it makes the correct adjustments.
problem is the newline issue

1. if i put a "\n" at the end (when using fputs) works great, except everytime they edit the file it keeps adding a new line (i.e. 10 edits there are now 10 blank lines!!!!)
2. if i leave off the "\n" it appends the next "fgets" to that lilne making a mess

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##-- Loop thruoght the ORIGINAL file
    while( ! feof($old))
    {
        ##-- Get a line of text
        $aline = fgets($old);
       
        ##-- We only need to check for "="
        if(strpos($aline,"=") > 0 )
        {
            ##-- Write NEW data to tmp file
            fputs($tmp,$info[$i]." = ".$rslt[$i]."\n");
            $i++;
        }
        ##-- No Match
        else
        {
            fputs($tmp,$aline."\n");
        }//Checking for match
    }//while eof(old)
   

what in the world is making this such a big deal. i dont remember having this issue in the past
I tried opening with w+, and just w on the temp file

a typical text line would be

some fieldname = some value

the scipt cycles through the file ignoring comments that are "#"


ps
the tmp file will overwrite the origianl once complete

all i really want to know is WHY i cant get the newline to work, and what is the suggested fix

EDIT:
i just tried PHP_EOL and it still appends another newline

I currently am working on a project where I code a "simple" telephone directory.

There are three main tasks that it needs to do:
1. Directory.php(index page) has a "First Name" and "Last Name" field and a search button. When a name is searched from the directory.txt file, it displays First Name, Last Name, Address, City, State, Zip and phone in findinfo.php in designated text boxes...first name, last name, etc.

2. From the findinfo.php, like previously stated, the users information is listed in the appropriate text boxes. From there, there is an update button that will overwrite the user's information to directory.txt if that button is selected. It will then say the write was sucessful.

3. (completed this step) From the index page, there is a link that will take you to addnew.php where you enter First Name, Last Name, Address, City, State, Zip and phone in a web form and write it to directory.txt.

 This is the php code for the third step:

<?php
$newentryfile = fopen("directory.txt", "a+");
$firstname = $_POST['fname'];
$lastname = $_POST['lname'];
$address = $_POST['address'];
$city = $_POST['city'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$zip = $_POST['zip'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$newentry = "$firstname $lastname\n\r $address\n\r $city, $state $zip\n\r $phone\n\r";
if (flock($newentryfile, LOCK_EX)) {
if (fwrite($newentryfile, $newentry) > 0)
echo "<p>" . stripslashes($firstname) . " " .
 stripslashes($lastname) . " has been added to the directory.</p>";
else
echo "<p>Registration error!</p>";
flock($newentryfile, LOCK_UN);
}
else
echo "<p>Cannot write to the file. Please try again later</p>";
fclose($newentryfile);

if(empty($firstname) || empty($lastname) || empty($address) || empty($city) || empty ($state) || empty($zip) || empty($phone))
{
echo "<p>Please go back and fill out all fields.</p>";
}
?>


So to sum it all up, what would be my best approach? I am totally stumped and not sure which function to use. Should I work my way from step 1 to step 2? I see it as when I do the search for the name from directory.php, it takes me to findinfo.php, listing the users information in the text boxes. From there, if I needed to, having the user's information already listed I could hit the update button to overwrite the new information to directory.txt. Doing the update when then tell me that the write was successful.

I have literally been scouring the internet for hours. What would be the best function to do this? I hope I was clear enough. Please help me out and thank you for your time.

Hi,

I am writing several scripts and some are used to amend extra information to a text file. However, I added a hyperlink to the text file so that the user can go back to a page where they can add extra information. However, since I have done this every time I amend more text to the text file, the extra text appears below the hyperlink rather than above it, and I was wondering if there was a way around this.

My amend code is as follows:

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<html>
<head>
<title>Amend File</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" a href="rcm/stylesheet.css">
</head>
<?php

if($_POST['append'] !=null)
{
$filename="C:/xampp/htdocs/rcm/denman2.txt";
$file=fopen($filename, "a");
$msg="<p>Updated Information: " .$_POST['append']. "</p><br>";
fputs ($file, $msg);
fclose($file);
}
?>
<body>
<h1>Do you want to append to a document?</h1>
Enter Updated Information:
<form action="amendfile2.php" method="post">
<input type="text" size="40" name="append"><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Add updated information to report">
</form>
<form action="viewfile3.php" method="post">
<input type="submit" size="40" value="View Web Blog">
</form>
<form action="loginform.php" method="post">
<input type="submit" value="Click here to go to the Log In Screen">
</form>
</body></html>

And my text file is as follows:
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<h1>Accident Report</h1>

<p>First Name: Andrew
Last Name: Denman
Age: 18
Complete Weeks Since Accident: 2<br>

<a href="amendfile2.php">Amend to this file</a>

Any help would be appreciated

Hello,
i am currently getting an Microsoft Excel formatted text file whose save type is .Txt from a URL.I used to open it and will change the save type  as excel file. Please suggest whether we can do this with php code.

currently my code is like this,
<? php
copy("http://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/airportdata_5010/menu/emergencyplanexport.cfm?Region=&District=&State=&County=&City=LAS%20VEGAS&Use=&Certification=","./contactsexport.xls");
?>

where as the contactsexport.xls type is .Txt which i need it in .xls

Thanks in Advance.