This may or may not make sense for your issue. but if you have the whole array in memory you can serialize() it and write the string that the function returns to the file. $fp = fopen("yourfilename.txt", "w"); $my_array_s = serialize($my_array); if (isset($fp)) { fwrite($fp, $my_array_s); } //to get it back into the same array as it was written, use $fp_cache = fopen("yourfilename.txt", "r") or die("can't open file"); $fp_readc = fread($fp_cache, filesize("yourfilename.txt"); $my_array_new = unserialize($fp_readc); the data is exactly as it was returned from the db after you looped through the record set. another idea. --http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php hth jeff "Aaron Wolski" <aaronjw@martekbi To: "'OpenSource'" <redhat@opensource.bz>, "'PHP-DB'" <php-db@lists.php.net> z.com> cc: Subject: RE: array issue 08/17/2003 11:33 AM First, are you sure there is data in $my_array? Add this after you set the array: echo "<pre>"".print_r($my_array)."</pre>"; You'll need to loop through the array , writing each line in the file at a time. Something like: //open the file stuff here foreach ($my_array AS $values) { fputs($fp, $value); } //close the file stuff here HTH Aaron > -----Original Message----- > From: OpenSource [mailto:redhat@opensource.bz] > Sent: August 17, 2003 11:31 AM > To: PHP-DB > Subject: array issue > Importance: High > > hi ya'll > > I am having a nightmare on this issue of mine. > I've got this array that I need to write to a file... > :::::::: sample code below :::::::: > > while (something); > { > query data base > > $r_ul=ifx_fetch_row($sideQuery4); > > $type1 = array($rotation."\n"); > > switch ($r_ul['number']) > { > case '4'; > $linea = $type1; > break; > } > > $final = $linea[0]; > > $my_array = array(); > array_push ($my_array, $final); > > } > > $file = 'db_dump.dat'; > $fp = fopen($file, "w"); > fputs($fp, $my_array); <--- I would like to write the complete array into > the file > fclose($fp); > > kindly assist with this issue.. > > Thanks in advance -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php