fopen

Hello,

I am trying to open my first text file using PHP and my PC almost freezed...
please don't laught. Here's my script:

function welcometext()
{
$fp = fopen("../files/welcome.txt", "a+");

while (!feof($fp, 100))
{
$text = fgets($fp, 100);
echo $text;
}

fclose($fp);
}

What can be wrong? Thanks in advanced,

Cesar Aracena

Now it gives me the following error message:

Warning: fopen(websitename/esp/files/welcome.txt): failed to open stream: No
such file or directory in d:\wwwroot\websitename\esp\lib\functions.php on
line 6

But the file exists and so does the folder it is into. What can be wrong? I
also uploaded the file to my Unix web server for testing purposes, CHMOD the
folder to 777 and linked to the file but then other error appeared. When I
tried with "rb" for fopen it gave me the same error saying that the file was
missing... ???

Thanks,

"Gerard Samuel" <php-general@trini0.org> escribió en el mensaje
news:200312290120.14608.php-general@trini0.org...
> On Sunday 28 December 2003 11:17 pm, Cesar Aracena wrote:
> > $fp = fopen("../files/welcome.txt", "a+");
> >
>
> Change to
> $fp = fopen("../files/welcome.txt", "r");
>
> Use "r" to read, when you use "a" it appends (or adds) to the file
> Its also suggested to use the "b" option to so it would look like
> $fp = fopen("../files/welcome.txt", "rb");
>
> That is done for portability between *nix and windows.
>
> More info is at the manual
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

On Monday 29 December 2003 09:50 am, Cesar Aracena wrote:
> Now it gives me the following error message:
>
> Warning: fopen(websitename/esp/files/welcome.txt): failed to open stream:
> No such file or directory in d:\wwwroot\websitename\esp\lib\functions.php
> on line 6
>
> But the file exists and so does the folder it is into. What can be wrong? I
> also uploaded the file to my Unix web server for testing purposes, CHMOD
> the folder to 777 and linked to the file but then other error appeared.
> When I tried with "rb" for fopen it gave me the same error saying that the
> file was missing... ???
>
> Thanks,
>

I cant say why you may be experiencing this error.
The only thing wrong with your original code was you were trying to read a
file, with fopen in append mode which is wrong.
Maybe start with reading files that live in the same directory as the calling
script, and work your way out from there...