Creating TXT Files

[markster]

I can write to and read from a text file using fopen, fread, fwrite and fclose, but can I create text files?

[redhead]

Sure you can

PHP Code:

$file = fopen("my_file.txt", "w");
fwrite($file, "Some test string");
fclose($file); 


Just read up on the modes for fopen()

[markster]

thanks!

[ChefFrank]

OK - that works . . . I used this example (with a little modification) to my PHP shells for logging what files I'm actually displaying . .

$recipe = 'recipes/'.$_GET['recipe'].'.html';
if (is_file($recipe)) {

$file = fopen("logfile.txt", "a");
fwrite($file, date("M d Y H i s").' RINDEX '.$_GET['recipe']."/n");
fclose($file);
include($recipe);
}

For some reason, the /n isn't creating a new line in the file. If I take away
the quotes, I get a 'divide by zero' error. If I replace the double quotes with single quotes, it behaves the same way.

Any insights?

Thanks in advance

Frank

[sde]

Hey it's Chef Frank!

use backslash n instead of a forward slash.

PHP Code:

fwrite($file, date("M d Y H i s").' RINDEX '.$_GET['recipe']."\n"); 


[ChefFrank]

I looked at that sucker about 100000000 times and never saw that!!

That's what I get for slinging hash instead of code for a living now!!

Thanks for providing the second set of eyes! I check in from time to time, but I have been more concerned with content than structure on the site. I get some neat statistics from my server, but unfortunately, because of how I wrote the site, I know how many people look at recipes, but I didn't know which recipes they looked at. This should correct that problem.

I may be over on the CSS forum soon - I'm going to rewrite everything with CSS instead of using tables. THAT will be a fun project.

Regards!

Frank