RE: [PHP] How can I write in a loop??

my bad. I edited to strip out some of the html and left that in there by mistake. the code works as i said, but only to write the first time ti loops, and doesn't add in anything after. sunny --- Martin Towell <martin.towell@world.net> wrote: > Is this a direct copy of what you've got? If so, line 11 shouldn't > be there > > -----Original Message----- > From: sunny AT wde [mailto:sandeep_wde@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 1:24 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How can I write in a loop?? > > > Hi all, > > would be very greatful if someone could hlp. Basically I want to > extract information from Mysql, and then write it to a file. > > I can write state pieces of text, but having trouble with writing > when the information comes out in a while loop. This is what I > hhave > so far: > > -------------------- > $result=mysql_query("SELECT topicid FROM $topicdb limit 50"); > > $file_name = "topics.html"; > $file_pointer = fopen($file_name, "w"); > > while ($r = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { > extract($r); > > $the_text = "$topicid<br>"; > fwrite($file_pointer, $the_text); > "; > } > > fclose($file_pointer); > print "data written to file successfuly"; > ---------------------------- > > but that doesn't seem to work, it only writes the first time, and > doesn't add the rest of the loops. anyone help please? > > sunny > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com