Posted by clb on 12/29/06 23:34

McKirahan wrote:

> The documentation for "file_put_contents" contains this:
> file_put_contents ( string filename, mixed data [, int flags [, resource
> context]] )
> and this:
> flags can take FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH, FILE_APPEND and/or LOCK_EX
>
> What isn't clear is how FILE_APPEND and LOCK_EX are used together.
>
> This works:
> file_put_contents($name,$data,FILE_APPEND);
> but this doesn't:
> file_put_contents($name,$data,FILE_APPEND LOCK_EX);
> and this doesn't:
> file_put_contents($name,$data,FILE_APPEND, LOCK_EX);
>
> What am I doing wrong? I can find no examples that use both.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Just a thought, try

file_put_contents($name,$data,FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

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