RE: [PHP] Modifying Existing Text File From PHP Is Not Working

> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:01:50 -0400 > To: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu; php-general@lists.php.net > From: tedd.sperling@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [PHP] Modifying Existing Text File From PHP Is Not Working > > At 7:20 AM -0400 6/27/10, Alice Wei wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have the code as in the following: > > > ><?php > > > >$name= "Test"; > >$phone= "123-456-7890"; > >$email = "myemail@mymail.com"; > >$comments = "Test Only"; > > > >$string = "<message>\n<name>" . $name . > >"</name>\n<phone>" . $phone > >. "</phone>\n<email>". > > $email . "</email>\n<comments>" . $comments . > >"</comments>\n</message>"; > > > >//If file exists. append, otherwise create > >$file = "messages.xml"; > >$fh = fopen($file,"a"); > >$lines = file($file); > > > >//Output a line of the file until the end is reached > >foreach($lines as $line) { > > > > if (trim($line) == "<messages>") { > > > > $line = "<messages>" . $string; // If string, change it. > > echo $line . "<br>"; > > fwrite($fh, $line); > > > > } > > else { > > > > // If not don't write anything > > echo $line . "<br>"; > > > > } > > fclose($file); // Close the file. > > } > >?> > > > >For some reason, it is writing out the lines, but it is not > >f-writing to the file. Here is the file that is meant to be edited: > > > ><messages> > ><message> > ><name>Me</name> > ><phone>123-456-7890</phone> > ><email>test@test.com</email> > ><comments>This is my message board!</comments> > ></message> > ></messages> > > > >Have I missed something here? How come the file cannot perform fwrite actions? > > > >Thanks for your help. > > Do you have permission to write to the file? > > Check the permissions of the file. > > Cheers, > > tedd > I believe I do, since I set my folder permission of this script with modify, read, execute and delete. I don't see any errors regarding this either. I have changed my code to having the curly brace before I close the file handler, if that helps any. Yet, it is still not modifying the file. Have I missed something else here? Thanks for your help. Alice > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox.. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3