Please help me

Anon

<form action="<? $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post" autocomplete="off">
<table width="640" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center">
<tr><td>Your name</td><td><input type="text" name="name" size="20" maxlength="20"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Your message</td><td><textarea name="entry" rows="15" cols="50" wrap="virtual"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" value="Post Entry"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

<?
$data_file = "data.txt";
$entry = $POST["name"].$POST["entry"];
$fp = fopen($data_file,"a") or die ("Error opening");
fwrite($fp,$entry) or die ("Error writing");
fclose($fp);
include($data_file);
?>

I always get Error writing...
I've readlized that it's because data.txt is empty because when it's not, there's no error message.
What am I doing wrong?
Please help, thanks.

flipis

"a" defines append method for the file. Try using "a+" or some other way to open file.

http://www.php.net/fopen

Hope it helps

fLIPIS

Anon

same error when I use a+, it doesn't return syntax error, it just "die".... but as I mentioned before, if the data.txt file is not empty, then it doesn't "die".

flipis

Ok, try this one:

if(file_exists("data.txt"){
//do your code
}else{
$file_descriptor = fopen("data.txt","w");
}

This will check if the file is already there. If it's not, then it will create it blank.

Anyway, this looks quite weird. Never had those problems with fopen.

Take a look at php.net, filesystem functions.

fLIPIS

Anon

It's not fopen that returns the error message, it's fwrite... any ideas?
Thanks

wchris

I´m not sure, but you should use:

fopen ($data_file, "r+")

'r+' == Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer at the beginning of the file

cu
Chris

flipis

Sure. fwrite needs to use a file descriptor (a pointer to the file) to be able to work ok.

Lets's see an example:

$fd = fopen("fLIPIS.666","w");
fwrite($fd,"fLIPIS is a total sucker\n");
fwrite($fd,"but i like his style...\n");
fclose($fd);

<B>First line:</B> We use fopen to open this new file. The pointer to the file is stored on $fd.
<B>Second and third lines:</B> Using fwrite, we write some senseless things to the file. See that i use $fd to tell fwrite wich one is the pointer to the file.
<B>Fourth line:</B> We close the file (EXTREMELY IMPORTANT)

Now, if the code above is understood, you shouldn't have trouble with yours. Anyway, take a look here if you have more doubts:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

Hope it helps you

fLIPIS

Anon

The thing is, when it's used with a html form and get inputs from users, it "die" before the first entry... It works fine after first entry. weird.
Try to copy and paste my code, then you'll probably see what I'm talking about.
Thanks

Anon

Dear Friend !

whatever textfile u had created on server , u must have to give permission to write in that file so go on server and change mode chmod 777 to that text file. I hope your difficulty may be solved.

Good Bye..

Anon

No problem writing, all permissions are set correctly.
fwrite die only when data.txt has no entry (empty), script works fine after there're stuff in data.txt

Anon

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