Subject: RE: [PHP] Modifying Existing Text File From PHP Is Not Working
From: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk
To: aj...@alumni.iu.edu
CC: tedd.sperl...@gmail.com; php-general@lists.php.net
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:16:04 +0100
On Sun, 2010-06-27 at 12:11 -0400, Alice Wei wrote:
> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:01:50 -0400
> To: aj...@alumni.iu.edu; php-general@lists.php.net
> From: tedd.sperl...@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [PHP] 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";
> >$email = "myem...@mymail.com";
> >$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>t...@test.com</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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It might be some weird Windows thing. I know that some of the more recent
versions of Windows, in an attempt to be more secure, make you jump through
hoops to write to a file, even when the permissions are set correctly.
Unfortunately, I don't have access to a system with IIS so there's no way I can
test your code on that.
Well, my problem is not entirely solved, but I found that when I changed the
file name extension from xml to txt, it is now letting me edit the file now.
Only, the file is not writing in the way it is supposed to be. I used a+
originally, and it is writing outside my <messages></messages> root element.
I tried w, and it wipes the file out. So, this proves that it is now modifying
and saving it correctly. My question is, what kind of parameter should I use to
add the things I would like to add after the <messages> without editing
anything else in the file.
Thanks for your help.
Alice
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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