Newspublishing system in PHP without SQL (Like newspro)

[Mysticales]

Hey all, this will sound odd.. but I am looking for something like the old Cgi/Perl "Newspro" with "NewsCat" addon that will allow multiple users and user level access to "x" section assigned for posting or editing news which is displayed on a html page.

Now, here is the trick. I cant use newspro this time since we have CGI disabled for security for our forums. Since its just a forum server.

My other issue is, I want this text based or filesystem based. NOT SQL backend! The reason? If the SQL server dies or something goes wrong, people will still be able to see this portal site and get the news. Meaning a fallback system to report whats up till the sql is back online.

So I guess I need a system similar that can let me make users, then allow them to post which will output to a php page, but gets the news to post from a text file. In a nutshell.. a newspro that has its features but works for pure php. Thanks. =) If anyone has ideas or know of one that does this, please tell me.