opening/saving contents of a text file

[Anon]

This is the entire script. I just want to open a text file and save it to a variable ($fcontents) to use later.

<?php
$filename ="timestamp.txt";
$myFile = fopen($filename, "r");
$fcontents = file($myFile);
fclose($myFile);
?>

However, I get this error. It seems like this file (timestamp.txt) does not exist, but it definately does and it resides in the same directory as the script.

Warning: file("Resource id #1") - No such file or directory in /home2/happyher/public_html/dev/timestamp.php on line 4

If I tell it to look for a file that does not exist (fakefile.txt for instance), I will receive this:

Warning: fopen("fakefile.txt", "r") - No such file or directory in /home2/happyher/public_html/dev/timestamp.php on line 3

Warning: file("") - No such file or directory in /home2/happyher/public_html/dev/timestamp.php on line 4

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in /home2/happyher/public_html/dev/timestamp.php on line 5

I believe that this line:
$myFile = fopen($filename, "r");
is returning:
"Resource id #1" to $myFile

I have no idea what that means.

Thanks for any help.

[tomhath]

Well, the message php printed is not real obvious, but it is correct.

The "file" function takes a string containing the name of a file as it's parameter, not a resource. So when it told you:

file("Resource id #1") - No such file or directory"

it's saying that what you passed it (Resource id #1) is not the name of a file...

Try this:

<?php
$filename ="data.txt";
$fcontents = file($filename);
echo $fcontents[0];
?>

[Anon]

Thanks so much!