Outputing

[dniezby]

I have a webform that needs to read the contents of a txt file that was updated. I created a php script to open the file & read it and I thought - output it to the webform's variable however, it doesn't seem to be working. I thought this would output it to screen at least.

Here is what I did. (I'm on Apache 2 w/ XP OS)

<?php
$filename = "aboutbox.txt";
$myfile= fopen ($filename, "rb");
$contents = fread ($myfile, $filename);
fclose ($myfile);
echo "The contents of this file are: $contents";
?>

I have only been programming PHP for a few weeks and I've picked it up pretty quick but this one is stumping me...
Thanks,
Dave

[trooper]

take a look at this page

It should help clear the cobwebs away

HTH

GM

[Bootsman123]

Try this instead:

<?php
$filename = "aboutbox.txt";
$fd = fopen($filename, "r");
while(!feof($fd)) {
$contents = fgets($fp, 1024);
echo "$contents\n";
}
fclose ($fd);
?>

[dniezby]

Using the above WHILE loop I got this error.

Notice: Undefined variable: fp in aboutbox.php on line 5

Warning: fgets(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in aboutbox.php on line 5