Way to automatically update .htaccess?

[UltimateCoder]

I was wondering if there is a way to automaticly update a .htaccsess file. Prehaps using PHP fopen() & fwrite().

What I would like to be able to do is allow users to create a new article, but I need a way to redirect the domain path they wanted to a page like article.php?id=56985689.

For ovbious reasons I don't want to do this by hand, so I was wondering if there is a way to automate this? Any ideas?

[MarkR]

Yep, you pretty much answered your own question by suggesting fwrite.

What exactly are you trying to achieve? There maybe a simpler solution.

[Alex Vincent]

Uh, I'd think twice about rewriting .htaccess dynamically. That's extremely risky, especially if there's a security vulnerability in your website. You don't want someone else to take control of .htaccess, do you?

[Fou-Lu]

Agreed. While it can be done, its not exactly the wisest.
Find a common format, and use the rewrite engine to send it to article.php?id=xxxx.