fopen fails to write file

phpmikeb

Hi,

here's my setup:
WINXP
IIS
PHP 4.3.7

Here's my code:

<?
$mymessage = fopen("townlist.txt", "wb");
fwrite($mymessage, "hello");
fclose($mymessage);
?>

All well and good (I think). The problem is that the file won't write and there is no error message. Permissions are set to read/write/execute on the folder. I have also tried every version of the filename using absolute url, relative url etc.

any thoughts?

cheers,

Mike

laserlight

Do a little debugging.
I'm using the more conventional $fp instead of $mymessage here:

<?php
$fp = fopen("townlist.txt", "wb")
	OR die("Error: could not open file");
fwrite($fp, "hello")
	OR die("Error: could not write to file");
fclose($fp);
?>

TheDefender

In theory, you shouldn't need to do this, but have you tried opening the file for reading and writing (w+b) instead of just for writing (wb)?

phpmikeb

Aw man! Yep, tried all of that. I'm only coming to the forum after a lot of testing. However, although I had the 'or die' in place for debugging at one stage, I had taken it out again for some reason. Anyway, you're right, I'm now at least able to see that the script is not opening the file. I've checked permissions on the folder and everything seems ok. I'm going to put it on a 'nix box here and see if that makes any difference,

cheers for the help,

Mike

StormS

And you have made sure it is not a path issue ?

Tried full serverpath ?

Ops, sorry did't read your post to well...

Have you tried other commands like pointer at the end etc ?
The file being uploaded in correct mod ?

Edited: I tried your script. Both files in same folder. Worked as it should....

I'm on unix.

Regs

phpmikeb

lol!

I moved the script over to a 'nix box and with about 2 minutes tweaking it worked fine also!

cheers,

Mike