fwrite not executing?

AVANT

Hey guys, first of all, thx for trying to help.

Here goes...

$output = $addlist["id"] . "\t" . $addlist["quantity"] . "\t" . $addlist["refname"] . "\t" . $addlist["description"] . "\t" . $addlist["price"] . "\n";
$fp = fopen("filename.php","a");
fwrite($fp,$output);
fclose($fp);

Should write $output at the end of filename.php

Sounds simple right? That's what I thought, but for some reason, it does not write to the file!!!

The filename.php has read & write access on it.

I did a

print $output;

and it's correct.

fwrite returns the number of bytes written.

Also shows no PHP errors! I am absolutely baffled because it sounds to me like it finished executing the command correctly but someone isn't actually writing anything even though it thinks it is.

Thanks again for the help.

stfuji

What operating system are you using?

What error levels are you returning?

fopen will return false and a E_Warning level error if the file is not correctly opening.

If you are suppressing these errors in your php.ini file or somewhere in your script it may seem like the code is functioning when it is not.

you could test the filepointer to ensure php has opened the file.

If you are running windows you most likely need to use the following

$fp = fopen("filename.php", 'ab');

this is noted on the fwrite page:

http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php

Hope that helps
Geoffrey

AVANT

It's running linux, and I'm not suppressing any errors.

How do I test the filepointer?

LordShryku

Just for grins, throw
error_reporting(E_ALL);
at the top, then try it again...

AVANT

Originally posted by LordShryku
Just for grins, throw
error_reporting(E_ALL);
at the top, then try it again...

I tried that just for the sake of trying it.

No difference, still shows no errors 🙁

Any other suggestions?

LordShryku

Yeah, try setting the permissions of the file to 777, just to see if it's a permissions problem. Should throw an error if it is, but for the sake of ruling out the more common answers, try it.