PHP write in file

Question

I want to write something in a textfile.

$myFile = "meinung.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "Floppy Jalopy\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "Pointy Pinto\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

when i want to execute this, it says "cant open file"

what did i make wrong?

You could try taking out the die and seeing what error it is giving you. — Andrew Jackman
– Andrew Jackman, Commented Apr 6, 2011 at 9:30

initall · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-06 09:31:14Z

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Place

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors','On');
...

on top of your code to get error messages on screen or in your logfile (You know where your error logfile is, don't you?).

Set an absolute path to your file so that you really know in what directory the file is actually created to fix the filesystem permissions as noted in the comments.

answered Apr 6, 2011 at 9:31

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KingCrunch Over a year ago

Addition: With $myFile = dirname(__FILE__) . '/meinung.txt; (or $myFile = __DIR__ . '/meinung.txt'; since PHP 5.3) you'll get the absolute path.

initall Over a year ago

@KingCrunch - __FILE__ (with absolute path) is available since PHP 4.0.2; and: maybe he wants to place the content to some other directory than that of the script.

KingCrunch Over a year ago

I know __FILE__ is available since ... for a long time ^^ __DIR__ is available since 5.3. Thats the reason you must use something like dirname(__FILE__) in versions <5.3. The hint with the directory is valid. So $myFile = getcwd() . '/meinung.txt'; is probably better.

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