Re: Problem writing to a file

Sorry to say it, but that is quite sloppy coding. This highlights why it is important to give variables meaningful names! In the code below, George has assigned the location of his file to a pointer, but then over-written it with the pointer result of fopen. > $fp2 = "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\packtracker\\LSE\\".$cr.".txt"; > if (!$fp2 = fopen($fp2, 'w')) { > print "Cannot open the bloody file ($fp2)"; > exit; > } > if (!fwrite($fp2, $content)) { > print "Cannot write to file ($fp2)"; > exit; > } > fclose($fp2); > rename($cr.".txt",$cr.".doc"); A better solution would be to have two different variables like this: > $file_location = "C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\packtracker\\LSE\\".$cr.".txt"; > if ( !$file_pointer = fopen( $file_location, 'w' ) ) { > print "Cannot open the bloody file ( $file_location )"; > exit; > } > if ( !fwrite( $file_pointer, $content ) ) { > print "Cannot write to file ( $file_location )"; > exit; > } > fclose( $file_pointer ); > rename($cr.".txt",$cr.".doc"); As you can see, it makes it much more obvious what does what, and so easier for you/others to come back to in a few months time to make changes to. Don't be afraid to name your variables properly! Stephen