<?php exec("/bin/grep -r "$oldword" $rootpath", $results, $errorCode); if ($errorCode){ if ($errorCode == 1){ echo "Possibly no files were found with $oldword in them<BR>"; } echo "OS Error: $errorCode<BR>"; echo "Check "man errno" and count down<BR>"; echo "Usually paths/permissions<BR>"; } while (list(,$path) = each($results)){ $parts = explode(":", $path); $path = $parts[0]; $fp = fopen($path, "r") or print("Cannot read $path<BR>"); if ($fp){ $data = fread($fp, filesize($path)); fclose($fp); $newdata = str_replace($oldword, $newword, $data); $fp = fopen($path, "w") or print("Cannot write $path<BR>"); if ($fp){ fwrite($fp, $newdata); fclose($fp); echo $path, "<BR>"; } } } ?> Example http://yourserver.com/globalreplace.php?oldword=test&newword=text&rootpath=/path/to/dir
