writing to an external file...

[fumanshu]

I'm using the script below to write to a local file:

$fp = fopen("home/my/directory/blah/log.txt","a");

fwrite($fp, "\n".$myString);

fclose($fp);

no problem..

However as soon as I put the text file to write to somewhere else, it doesn't return errors, and looks like it works but it just doesn't write. I'm using the following - I have a feeling it's to do with the 'http bit...'

$fp = fopen("http://www.mydomain.com/log.txt","a");

all permisions are on MAX etc so!!!!!!! what am I doinf wrong?

F

[hand]

You can't write a file using http. Try it with a FTP connection, like

$fp = fopen ("ftp://user:[e-mail]/log.txt", "w");

http://www.php3.de/manual/en/function.fopen.php

[fumanshu]

I actually ended up placing the PHP page on the same server as the text file but called the php page from an external page...so instead of the fopen ("http:// etc") - I just posted using http and voila...

Thanks anyway..

F.