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i am opening a text file for appending, the file opens no problem but when i try to write data to it I get this error message from the server;
supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
what am I doing wrong?
ps. permissions are all set up 777 on all files used.
thx for the help, its driving me nuts
variables are obviously set previously
before i explain, here is the new code (with added vars i used):
<?php
$filename = 'test.txt';
$name = 'kumar';
if (is_writable($filename))
{
if (!$file=fopen($filename, "ab") )
{
echo "The file could not be opened";
}
else
{
if (fwrite($file, $name))
{
echo "file writen successfully";
fclose($file);
}
else
{
echo "file not written";
}
}
}
else
{
echo "the file is not writable";
}
?>
now there are few things that i found.
1. unclosed else loop..else opened in line 4 in the code u posted above is not closed.
2. line 2 and line 5 i see u have tried to test for true or false. this not the way to do it(or so i think, it doesnt work anyway). im sure there is away to explicitly do this, but what ur doing is not the right way anyway, thats where its gone wrong, really.
if ($file=fopen($filename, "ab")
the if loop would execute if the reult was true anyway and else would only execute if it was false,s o as u see, there is no need to explictly do it in your case.
besides, im sure its just me, but never heard of ab as file opening mode.
hope this helps
kumar
your a star!
by the way, welcome to the community!
:)
kumar
