Posted by Steve on 10/18/05 16:27

> My PHP code to read a simple text file is listed below. What could have
> gone wrong here? When I run it, the browser displays: 'COULD NOT Read'
> opton of the fread() function. I thought the code was OK.

There are many possible reasons. Please ensure that error reporting is
turned on. See
<http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php>.

ie first statement: error_reporting(E_ALL);

Then you should see a message along the lines of:

PHP Warning: fopen(counter.txt): failed to open stream: No such
file or directory in xxxx on line x

This will show the real reason your fopen() is failing. You might have
to use View / Source to see the error message embedded in your HTML if
you have already written tags.

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Steve

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