file point as an array

[Anon]

I am writing a program that need to write a variable number of files so i used

while( $i != some number)
{
$i++;

$fp[$i] = fopen(some file,"w");
}

but it creats one file named Array.txt and when i try to write to it i get

"Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in"

Any ideas?

[Anon]

Yeah don't use an array. Use variable variables.

while( $i != some number)
{
$i++;

$variable_variable = "fp_$i";

$$variable_variable = fopen(some file,"w");
}

Call it whatever you want but I felt this got the point across. Now you will have a bunch of file pointers called $fp_x where x is the value of $i.

But why are you doing it this way? Is there a reason that you need to have multiple file handles open at the same time? You should just use one and close it before you open the next then you don't need multiple names.

[Anon]

because i am dealing with 80 million entries.. i have a database.. and inorder to dump 80 million entries in fast i have to use LOAD for mysql wich requires a txt file so my php scrit breaks up the data for the database then i load it in.. insert takes way to long

[Anon]

Ok that sounds reasonable. Did you try the variable variable code? Did it work for you?