Flat PHP vs Redaktilo

[gnugat]

Documentation showing the pains of flat PHP vs Redaktilo.

[pyrech]

Maybe something like that:
(flat php was mainly inspired by Redaktilo's internal, not sure how this reflects real flat php)

Opening and saving a file

Flat PHP

$filename = '/path/to/file.txt';
$content = file_get_contents($filename);
$lines = preg_split('/\R/', $content);
$lineBreak = strpos($content, "\r\n") !== false ? "\r\n" : (strpos($content, "\n") !== false ? "\n" : PHP_EOL);
... // some manipulation on lines
file_put_contents($filename, implode($lineBreak, $lines));

Redaktilo

$editor = EditorFactory::createEditor();
$file = $editor->open('/path/to/file.txt');
... // some manipulation on lines
$editor->save($file);

Navigating through the content

Flat PHP

// Jumps to the first line matching the pattern, starting from the line 10
$belowLines = array_slice($lines, 10, null, true);
$found = preg_grep('/pattern/', $belowLines);
$lineNumber = key($found);
$line = $lines[$lineNumber];

Redaktilo

// Jumps to the first line matching the pattern, starting from the line 10
$editor->jumpBelow($file, '/pattern/', 10);
$lineNumber = $file->getCurrentLineNumber();
$line = $file->getLine();

Manipulating a Line

Flat PHP

// Add a line after a given line number
array_splice($lines, $lineNumber, 0, $newLine);

// Replacing a line with a callback
$line = $lines[$lineNumber];
$replacement = $callback($line);
$lines[$lineNumber] = $replacement

Redaktilo

// Add a line after a given line number
$editor->insertBelow($file, $newLine, $lineNumber);

// Replacing a line with a callback
$editor->replace($file, $callback, $lineNumber);

[gnugat]

How very nice! I was thinking about re using my blog article, but your solution is way more concise.