Re: using fopen() in write mode is failing

cscorley@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On May 30, 3:08 pm, cscor...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
For some reason, I cannot use fopen() on the file in write mode. The
file "time" is in the same directory as the .php file, with
permissions set to 0766.

PHP Version 5.2.5
Apache/2.2.8

code snip in question:

$file = "time";
function updateParseTime($name){
global $file;
if (file_exists($name) && file_exists($file)) {
if(($fp = fopen($file,"wb"))){
$lastmod = filemtime($name);
if(!(fwrite($fp, $lastmod))){
echo "cannot update time";
}
}
else{
echo "$file cannot be opened. \n";
}
}
else{
echo "$name or $file not found.";
}

}

on the 4th line it fails the if check ($fp = fopen...) and just
outputs "$file cannot be opened"

Am I missing something?

Actually, I think it must have something to do with the way this
particular webserver is setup (be it apache/php), because it works
fine when tested on another server (not maintained by me).


It's true. Is there any chance you've an older version of PHP installed, some version from before the "b" flag was introduced? Have you tried:

fopen($file,"w")

just to see what would happen?


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