Bug #15117 Updated: fopen and fwrite writes to much data in mode a and a+

ID: 15117 Updated by: sander Reported By: bitbybit@fibre.a2000.nl Old Status: Open Status: Feedback Old Bug Type: Output Control Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: W2K PHP Version: 4.1.1 New Comment: Are you sure the file is empty before the fopen() call? See www.php.net/fopen for some more info... Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-19 17:07:02] bitbybit@fibre.a2000.nl ---- code ---- $orderstring = $date."\t". //current time $tireqty." tires\t". //received form field $oilqty." oil\t". //received form field $sparkqty." sparks\t". //received form field $totalamount."\t". /calc. from form fields $address."\n"; //received form field $fp = fopen("orders.txt", "a"); fwrite($fp, $orderstring); fclose($fp); ---- output in orders.txt ---- 22:32 19th Saturday 2002 4 tires 1 oil 12 sparks 503.80 NL 22:32 19th Saturday 2002 tires oil sparks 0.00 Bug: When using fopen() in mode a or a+ the last line will be added without any obvious cause. When fopen() is used in same code but in mode w it works correct like expected. I haven't tested fopen() in all other available modes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15117&edit=1