1
2exec("/bin/grep -r '$oldword' $rootpath", $results, $errorCode);
3if ($errorCode){
4if ($errorCode == 1){
5echo "Possibly no files were found with $oldword in them
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1\n";
2}
3echo "OS Error: $errorCode
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1\n";
2echo "Check 'man errno' and count down
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2echo "Usually paths/permissions
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1\n";
2}
3while (list(,$path) = each($results)){
4$parts = explode(':', $path);
5$path = $parts[0];
6$fp = fopen($path, 'r') or print("Cannot read $path
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1\n");
2if ($fp){
3$data = fread($fp, filesize($path));
4fclose($fp);
5$newdata = str_replace($oldword, $newword, $data);
6$fp = fopen($path, 'w') or print("Cannot write $path
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1\n");
2if ($fp){
3fwrite($fp, $newdata);
4fclose($fp);
5echo $path, "
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1\n";
2}
3}
4}
Example
http://yourserver.com/globalreplace.php?oldword=test&newword=text&rootpath=/path/to/dir