quote:
Originally posted by M73A
hm i tried putting it in but it didnt work. where would you advise to put it? 
code:
$fp = fopen("shouts.txt","a");
   fseek($fp, 0);
   fwrite($fp,strip_tags($_POST['user']).":".strip_tags($_POST['shout'])."\n");
   fclose($fp);
   $shoutbox_page = "http://pps3.awardspace.com/Shoutbox/index.php";
   header("Location: $shoutbox_page");
Bold parts are the changed parts.
I also added my other suggestion about your add to top of the file problem, the fseek will put the pointer at the start of the file.
EDIT: However, I'm not sure how fwrite writes the string to it, if it will overwrite what is already there or it will add it before the rest, I actually think it's the first, so it might not be that helpful 

, but the strip_tags are unaffected, so you can still copy that part 
EDIT2: Indeed I was right, there is no prepend mode, so with fseek the contents will be overwritten, nevermind that then, just use the other suggestions about the prepending.