fwrite won't... write!

iclang

please bare with me... i'm a newbie!

I'm trying to get fwrite to... well write to a file! and then read it to make sure. I'm using the following code:

<pre>
$filename = "http://www.mywebsite.com/test/file.txt";

$fp = @fopen($filename,"w+");
if ($fp)
{
print"The file exists!<br>";
$camStatus = "1";
fwrite($fp, $camStatus);
$contents = fgets($fp, 1);
echo "the var = $contents <br><br>";
}
else
{ print"The file does not exist"; }
fclose($fp);
</pre>

But it never actually writes to the file. And yes i know my server supports it and yes the file and folder has read/write permissions set.

thanks for any help... i'm sure it's something simple i'm over looking!

theslinky

Hi,

I'm not sure whether this is the problem. In this line:

$filename = "http://www.mywebsite.com/test/file.txt";

Is that the exact path you are using (with the http://)? I don't think PHP lets you open remote files for writing (using the fopen command). Of course I may be wrong on this, but try and open and write to a file in the same directory as the PHP is located in. So it would become:

$filename = "file.txt";

If it works, then you know for sure that the problem is in the filename.

-sridhar

Anon

Try using an absolute path to the file you are trying to write ($filename="C:\full\path\to\file.txt" in windows, $filename="/full/path/to/file.txt" in Un*x). If the file and the script are in the same directory you can use $filename = "file.txt". You may need to call "rewind($fp) after writing to the file.

iclang

thx guys... i got it to werk... noe i can really do what i need to do with it