> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:01:50 -0400
> To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Modifying Existing Text File From PHP Is Not Working
>
> At 7:20 AM -0400 6/27/10, Alice Wei wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have the code as in the following:
> >
> ><?php
> >
> >$name= "Test";
> >$phone= "123-456-7890";
> >$email = "myemail@xxxxxxxxxx";
> >$comments = "Test Only";
> >
> >$string = "<message>\n<name>" . $name . "</name>\n<phone>" . $phone
> >. "</phone>\n<email>".
> > $email . "</email>\n<comments>" . $comments .
> >"</comments>\n</message>";
> >
> >//If file exists. append, otherwise create
> >$file = "messages.xml";
> >$fh = fopen($file,"a");
> >$lines = file($file);
> >
> >//Output a line of the file until the end is reached
> >foreach($lines as $line) {
> >
> > if (trim($line) == "<messages>") {
> >
> > $line = "<messages>" . $string; // If string, change it.
> > echo $line . "<br>";
> > fwrite($fh, $line);
> >
> > }
> > else {
> >
> > // If not don't write anything
> > echo $line . "<br>";
> >
> > }
> > fclose($file); // Close the file.
> > }
> >?>
> >
> >For some reason, it is writing out the lines, but it is not
> >f-writing to the file. Here is the file that is meant to be edited:
> >
> ><messages>
> ><message>
> ><name>Me</name>
> ><phone>123-456-7890</phone>
> ><email>test@xxxxxxxx</email>
> ><comments>This is my message board!</comments>
> ></message>
> ></messages>
> >
> >Have I missed something here? How come the file cannot perform fwrite actions?
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
>
> Do you have permission to write to the file?
>
> Check the permissions of the file.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
I believe I do, since I set my folder permission of this script with modify, read, execute and delete. I don't see any errors regarding this either. I have changed my code to having the curly brace before I close the file handler, if that helps any. Yet, it is still not modifying the file. Have I missed something else here?
Thanks for your help.
Alice
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