fputs

[Anon]

Im having a bit of trouble opening a file off the web, grabbing a line from that file and inserting it into a local file. Here is what i have, the problem is that $printfile will not insert into the new file. If i replace print file with say "tester", in the local file, it will show up. Very clueless why this is not working. Here is my code:

<?
// Open file off web
if (!($readfile = fopen("http://www.ny.frb.org/pihome/statistics/forex12.shtml", "r")))
{
print("Could not open");
exit;
}
while(!feof($readfile))
{
$printfile = fgetss($readfile, 255);
$printfile = strstr($printfile, "Canada");
echo"<PRE>$printfile</PRE>";

// Insert info into local file
$myFile = fopen("data.php3", "w");
fputs($myFile, $printfile);
fclose($myFile);
}
fclose($readfile);
?>

[Anon]

Does:
echo"<PRE>$printfile</PRE>";
work?

If not? Try this:
$printfile .= fgetss($readfile, 255);
$printfile .= strstr($printfile, "Canada");

Otherwise $printfile will be re-written overandover.

[Anon]

Yes echo"<PRE>$printfile</PRE>"; will work. That is why im so confused on why it wont work in fputs. Also what exactly does .= mean? And also any other ideas?

Peter wrote:

Does:
echo"<PRE>$printfile</PRE>";
work?

If not? Try this:
$printfile .= fgetss($readfile, 255);
$printfile .= strstr($printfile, "Canada");

Otherwise $printfile will be re-written overandover.

[Anon]

$myvar .= " Hello"
is the same as:
$myvar = $myvar." Hello"

What error do you get?
Any at all?

Perhaps you can't open more than one file at a time.

Your fputs() is nested within the read thing.
The variable $printfile will remain, so you can try to un-nest the fopen()'s.

[Anon]

I get no errors at all. I can open both files, even though they are nested. And fputs WORKS just not with having the variable.

This works:

<?
if (!($readfile = fopen("http://www.ny.frb.org/pihome/statistics/forex12.shtml", "r")))
{
print("Could not open");
exit;
}
while(!feof($readfile))
{
$printfile = fgetss($readfile, 255);
$printfile = strstr($printfile, "Canada");
echo"<PRE>$printfile</PRE>";

$myFile = fopen("data.php3", "w");
fputs($myFile, "test");
fclose($myFile);

}
fclose($readfile);
?>

See where: fputs($myFile, "test"); This works! Just not when i change "test" to $printfile

[Anon]

So $printfile returns:
"Canada skdjfsdf
s;kdfjsfd

bpdsbfdjbd
bdbh

b;kdsbkjb"

But that doesn't go into the fputs().

Can it be because of the first character of the $printfile variable, being a blank space or line break.

The problem is then obviously with the $printfile variable. It isn't valid for fputs().

Look in the PHP manual (with comments) and look for exceptions about the input TO fputs().