Here is code
$myFile = "process.php";
$gf = file($myFile);<br>
$data="include('connection.php');"; <br>
foreach($gf as $lineNumber => &$lineContent) { <br>
if($lineNumber == 0) {<br>
$lineContent .= $data;<br>
}<br>
}
$content = implode("", $gf);<br>
file_put_contents($myFile, $content);
You need include the new script on the first php tag ocurrency
$myFile = "process.php";
$gf = file($myFile);
$include = "<?php include('connection.php');" . PHP_EOL;
$content = preg_replace("/.*?<?php(?!\w)/", $include, file_get_contents($myFile), 1);
file_put_contents($myFile, $content);