note 56637 added to function.fopen

None of the examples on the page test to see if the file has been opened successfully. Fopen will return false if it failed. To quickly extend one of the examples in the manual: $filename = "some.dat" ; $dataFile = fopen( $filename, "r" ) ; if ( $dataFile ) { while (!feof($dataFile)) { $buffer = fgets($dataFile, 4096); echo $buffer; } fclose($dataFile); } else { die( "fopen failed for $filename" ) ; } Hope this is some use. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56637 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56637&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56637&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php