P.S., I've checked the doc and tried "a+". It still does not create ffmail.txt. @ $results = fopen($datafilename, "a+"); # Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer at the end of the file. #If the file does not exist, attempt to create it It does not create it. John > FOpen question. My script is dying. "Our results file could not be opened for writing" > What can I add to get more info from the die? Do I «have» to specify a pathname in $defaultfile? > > John > > $defaultfile = "ffmail.txt"; #default file to write to > @ $results = fopen($datafilename, "a"); #open file and supress errors > #print custom error if file doesn't exist or improper permissions > if (!$results) { die ("Our results file could not be opened for writing."); } -- John Taylor-Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If it's not Open Source, it's Murphy's Law." ' ' ' Collège de Sherbrooke: ô¿ô http://www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/ - 819-569-2064 °v° Bibliography of Comparative Studies in Canadian, Québec and Foreign Literatures /(_)\ Université de Sherbrooke ^ ^ http://compcanlit.ca/ T: 819.569.2064 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php