fopen() Warnings in Win98

[sablos]

Hi, I'm a bit new in PHP. I have Apache running on a Win98 PC with scripts run from http://localhost. Installation and everthing was a breeze using foxserv. I recommend this (http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv/)

I'm just learning about using files in my scripts. I keep getting an error message

Warning: fopen("file.txt","r") - No such file or directory in c:\foxserv\www\script.php on line x

and I know very well that c:\foxserv\www\file.txt exists.

I tried using the absolute path with both forward and backward slashes, as well as using "http://localhost/file.txt" and none of these methods work. The manual is very flaky about using files in windows except they emphasize that Unix handles files better. Sheesh!

Anybody ever had this problem and solved it? Thanks.

[mithril]

Sablos.

Try using:

    fopen("./file.txt", "rb");

I'm very suprised that specifying the absolute path didn't work for you. I've never experienced any problems using fopen() on Win98 (or Win2K for that matter) as long as that file did exist. This is just a random thought, and may have absolutely no effect, but is file.txt Hidden or Read-Only? On Apache Hidden files can still be seen, and Read-Only files can still be read.... but I've no idea if this is the case with FoxServ. HTH.

Cheers,

Geoff A. Virgo

[ogge1]

I was struggeling with a similar issue last week. Although it ended up to be a typo from my side I still learnt some things when reading the docs.

It's recommended that you either escape \ characters by using '\' instead

i.e. "C:\APACHE\LOGS\ACCESS.LOG" or for making portability to linux box:es easier use forward strikes instead

i.e. "C:/APACHE/LOGS/ACCESS.LOG"

I'm using the last recommendeation without any problems. It was a dread to understand how fopen work:ed but now I'm happy 🙂

I can giver you an example:
------8<----
$file = "C:/REDHUNT/logs/access.log";
$fd = fopen ($file, "r");
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($file));
fclose ($fd);
------8<----

/Fredrik

[sablos]

thank you. I never heard of the existence of "rb" as a parameter for fopen(). All I ever heard of is a, w, r, a+, w+, r+. What other parameters are there that I can use? where can I find more on this?

Also I tried to use the "rb" in the function, but I got the following error:

Warning: file("Resource id #1") - No such file or directory in c:\foxserv\www\try\login.php on line 16

This is the code:

function readlogs() {

// set up the file to read the list of usernames/passwords
$pssfile='/pswd.txt';
$searchfile=fopen($pssfile, "rb");
if ($searchfile) {  //this checks if searchfile has opened sucessfully for reading

	$logs=file($searchfile); // <-- this is line 16
	fclose($searchfile);

}

else {

	$logs=false;
	print("An error has occured. Please contact the <a href=\"mailto:[e-mail]\">web master</a> and inform him immediately. Thank you.");

}

return $logs;

}

thanks again

[Anon]

1. use forward slashes ALWAYS in windows (/)
2. use fopen like this: fopen ($file, "<your parameters>b") the php manual says to use the "b" for binary in Windows