ya know, it would be a ton easier to just use a database.
if you have PHPmyAdmin, then use it.
PHP Code:
mysqlServer = mysql_pconnect("server","username","password") //server is typically "127.0.0.1"
mysql_select_db("siteData", mysqlServer);
$getNews = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `news` ORDER BY `id` DESC");
$rowGetNews = mysql_fetch_assoc($getNews);
$numRowsGetNews = mysql_num_rows($getNews);
do {
echo $rowGetNews['body'];
} while($rowGetNews = mysql_fetch_assoc($getNews));
im assuming that you have a database, schema name "siteData", with a table called "news".
columns should be AT LEAST:
id INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT, title VARCHAR(35), body TEXT
adding news to the DB is a different story.