Posted by Chris on 03/22/07 17:49

Thanks,

After I posted I figured out that was the problem. Thanks for the help.

Chris


"Tim Roberts" <timr@probo.com> wrote in message
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> "Chris" <dippyv(nospam)@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>I'm using the following code
>>
>><?php
>>header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
>>header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
>>error_reporting(0);
>>$incrementfilename = $_GET['textfilename'];
>>$handle = fopen($incrementfilename, 'w');
>>$incrementcontents = file_get_contents($incrementfilename);
>>$incrementcontents = $incrementcontents + 1;
>>fwrite($handle,$incrementcontents);
>>fclose($handle);
>>chmod($incrementfilename,0777);
>>?>
>>
>>The code works until I reach 9. While I am expecting 10, the file has 1.
>>Any ideas?
>
> This shouldn't work at all. By passing 'w' to fopen, you are saying
> "Please truncate this file to zero length." The fact that
> file_get_contents can still read it is an accident.
>
> Your best bet is probably to move the "fopen" after the
> "file_get_contents". Or, perhaps, use "r+" instead of "w" and use fread
> to
> get the contents.
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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