Save File Output

wkrauss

I have a php file that generates an XML file and I want to save the output(XML) into an XML file but when I try to do so, all the source code containing the PHP code is written to the file instead of just the XML that should be generated. Here is my code:

<?php 
$filename = "xmlGenerator.php";
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$content = echo $contents;

$handle2 = fopen("galleryXML.xml", 'w');
fwrite($handle2, $contents);
?>

Installer

With "fopen()" and "fread()" you are reading the contents of the file. Then with "fopen()" and "fwrite()" you are writing the contents into a second file. The PHP file is never executed.

Actually, I'm surprised your code even runs. "$content = echo..." should generate a parse error. (There's no return value from "echo".)

wkrauss

Oh, you're right. Sorry I posted the wrong copy of the code. Here is the correct code:

<?php
$filename = "xmlGenerator.php";
$handle = fopen($filename, "r");
$contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));
fclose($handle);

$handle2 = fopen("galleryXML.xml", 'w');
fwrite($handle2, $contents);
?>

Either way. How can I execute the PHP then have it written to the file. I tried just including all the code and setting it = to the variable $contents but I had trouble with that, negating all the quotes and such and I had a few error thrown I couldn't seem to fix.

Installer

You could try including the generator file, and in that file storing its ouput into a variable, then "return"ing the variable.

Handling Returns: It is possible to execute a return() statement inside an included file in order to terminate processing in that file and return to the script which called it. Also, it's possible to return values from included files. You can take the value of the include call as you would a normal function.