fwrite problem

[Anon]

I have a flat file database, that the client can update text content to, The problem i'm having is that there seems to be a limit to the number of characters in a sting i can fwrite to a file?? i haven't seen any documentatiion on this. Basically if i go 1 character past a certain point i get an error message that says cannot retieve URL- I'm using php3 on this particular server.

Thanks

Derek

[Anon]

How much content is it exactly?

Does the fwrite() function you are using have a length value in the parameters? It would look similar to this:

fwrite($fp, $val, 1024);

If there is a number there, it should be expanded or removed - based on your needs.

Otherwise, you might be right. There could be an undocumented limit to fwrite().

[Anon]

Wait, wait ... I just remembered that there is an 8k buffer limit on fwrite(). Are you hitting an 8k limit?

There is a set_file_buffer() function that handles this.

set_file_buffer ($fp, 0);

Zero creates an unbuffered stream.

[Anon]

Thanks for the email, I fihured it out I forgot about the 1024 limit with the get method, I changed it to post and it's all cool.

thanks

[Anon]

I do have another question that is related, which when i read a file and put the data into a textarea, in MSIE it puts a > symbol at the end of it which if i remove won't let me resubmit the data. That is is it subits it blank???

derek