fopen creates files?

[DarkWave]

According to the PHP documentation fopen will create a file that it is directed to open with write access if it doesn't exist... It may be my current host, or I may be doing it wrong, but it doesn't work.

$path = "/my/path/here/";
$file = "arbitrary_alphanumeric_filename";
$report = fopen($path.$file.".html", "a");

I'm doing that right am i?

[laserlight]

Read the PHP Manual on [man]fopen/man again. You are opening the file to append to it, not to create a new file if it doesnt exist.

[DarkWave]

Warning: fopen(/home/www/pdm.awardspace.com/cgi-bin/data/teamReport/allor230606.html): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/pdm.awardspace.com/cgi-bin/teamReport.php on line 25

That is what I got when I changed the call to fopen to this:

$report = fopen("/home/www/pdm.awardspace.com/cgi-bin/data/teamReport/".$fileName.".html",'w');

[laserlight]

Interesting, I did a double check myself, and it looks like append mode should allow for the file to be created if it doesnt exist.

You could try:

$report = fopen("data/teamReport/" . $fileName . ".html", 'a');

[MarkR]

You can't create a file in a directory which doesn't exist.

Are you sure the directory exists?

Mark