Re: fclose() problem

On 7 Jul, Peter Lewis wrote: > Please excuse my writing to this list if it the wrong one. > Let me know and I'll redirect > > > Hello all, > > I have a major problem with my PHP3 script! > > a) My count file is "pcnum.txt" - permissions 0666 rw-rw-rw- > b) It contains the value of 1855 > c) I wish to open this file, increment the count, rewrite the value. > d) Using Redhat Linux 6.0 - Apache 1.3.13 with phpversion() of 3.0.7 php_mod > e) my script is:- //line numbers are NOT in script > <? > 1 $name="pcnum.txt"; > 2 $file=fopen($name,"w"); Oh dear - that's just destroyed the contents of the file. Make that $file = fopen(($name,"r"); > 3 $Count=fread($file(filesize($name)); The arguments to fread need to be separated by a comma; $Count=fread($file, filesize($name)); > 4 fclose($file); $Count is a string value, so need to cast it as integer to do incrementing $Count = intval($Count); > 5 $Count++; // also used $Count += 1 > 6 $fd=fopen($name,"w"); > 7 fputs($fd,$Count); > 8 fclose($fd); > ?> > The only problem is, It doesn't work :-( > So we get <?php $name="pcnum.txt"; $file=fopen($name,"r"); $Count=fread($file, filesize($name)); $close = fclose($file); $Count = intval($Count); $Count++; // also used $Count += 1 $fd=fopen($name,"w"); fputs($fd,$Count); fclose($fd); ?> which works a charm in incrementing the counter but of course, run as is, will return Document contains no text. As a further exercise, consider the case where there are multiple accesses to the counter script almost simultaneously >:-) Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA