Re: Fwd: [PHP] php not reading file properly

Ashley Sheridan wrote: >As it's the Apache access log that you are trying to read in, are you sure that Apache is >not in the process of writing to it as you are attempting to read from it? That might explain >why it seems to be empty, although I would have thought it would just append the data to >the end of the file, rather than rewriting the whole thing. I dunno. Like I said, I can read it thru the terminal. Apache is still running then. As for Micah's response, that function won't work either. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Micah Gersten <micah@onshore.com> wrote: > If the directory above it doesn't have execute privileges, it won't be > able to read it either. > Also, why not use the PHP5 function file_get_contents()? > > Thank you, > Micah Gersten > onShore Networks > Internal Developer > http://www.onshore.com > > > > sean greenslade wrote: > > Thanks for the advice. I changed the perms to 777 and changed the user > and > > group to apache, but it still won't open. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Robbert van Andel < > swimmer1974@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> Does the user your PHP instance runs as have access to the file? It's > >> possible that it runs under a different users depending on if you're > running > >> the script on the terminal or in a web browser. The function fopen will > >> return false if the file fails to open. Find out if $fh is equal to > false. > >> While you're debugging, you might consider changing the display errors > >> setting to see what warning fopen generates if the file fails to open. > From > >> http://us.php.net/fopen > >> Errors/Exceptions > >> > >> If the open fails, the function an error of level *E_WARNING* is > >> generated. You may use @< > > http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php>to > suppress this warning. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:15 PM, sean greenslade < > zootboysean@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I have this snippet of code that is supposed to read the apache access > log > >>> and display it: > >>> <?php > >>> $myFile = "/var/log/httpd/access_log"; > >>> $fh = fopen($myFile, 'r'); > >>> $theData = fread($fh, filesize($myFile)); > >>> fclose($fh); > >>> echo > >>> "This weeks apache log (clears every sunday morning):". > >>> substr($theData,0,2000); > >>> ?> > >>> For some reason, it displays the logs when I run the php file thru > >>> terminal: > >>> php -f /web/apache.php > >>> > >>> but not when I access it thru the web. when I browse to it, it just > >>> displays > >>> the static text ("This weeks apache log (clears every sunday > morning):"), > >>> not the log text. > >>> > >>> Very confused, > >>> zootboy > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > -- Feh.