Re: Opening a file

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Hi Dan,

Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 3:24:43 PM, you wrote:

> Opening this file is proving to be a pain. I have a folder that contains a
> PHP page and a text file. I am trying to open the contents of the txt file
> using file() but it keeps erroring out. Below is the code I'm using to try
> and open it:

> <?php
> $fruit = "apple");
> $lines = file("fruits.txt");
> if (in_array($fruit,$lines))
>   {
>   $a = "Y";
>   }
?>>

> So, I'm setting my variable, opening my file as an array in $lines, then
> checking to see if my variable is in the array, and if it is, assign a value
> ot a new variable.  However, I am getting the following error:

> PHP Warning: in_array()
> [function.in-array<http://develop1/credit%20card%20processing/function.in-array>]:
> Wrong datatype for second argument

The call to file() has probably failed.

Check to see if $lines === false, if so that is your problem. In which
case you probably need to address the path to fruits.txt, or check
file permissions.

Cheers,

Rich
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