How come my .php fopen() methods are not working. It says that it can't find the file? Any help is greatly appreciated:
#!/usr/local/bin/php <?php $strLessonDescription = fopen("c:\\exercise5\\content\\lesson5.txt", "r") or die ("Error - lesson5.txt cannot be opened"); $arrLessonVocabulary = fopen("c:\\lovej2ee\\exercise5\\content\\vocabulary5.txt", "r") or die ("Error - lesson5.txt cannot be opened"); ?> Guessing you're on windows given the path format: why are you not specifying the driver letter? e.g.:
"c:\\dir\\dir\\thing.txt" Starting with "\\dir" gives you an absolute path on the "current drive", whatever it happens to be in the context of what runs that PHP code. If you want a normal relative path, drop the first \\.
If you want a UNC path, that would be:
"\\\\host\\share\\dir\\..." (If you're on a unix-type plateform, well, the slashes are the wrong way around, but the relative vs absolute path thing remains.)
[And your two paths are suspiciously inconsistent. But no idea if that is intended or not.]
I agree with Mat that you may want to be more explicit about your intent of the file path. Also, I further suggest that may want to ensure the file exists before attempting to open it. You can do this with file_exists():
$filename = '\exercise5\content\lesson5.txt'; if (file_exists($filename)) { //Your code here } else { //error gracefully } If you can update your original question with more information, the help you receive may be more poignant.
EDIT: Per your updated question (which is a different question altogether), the fact that the file you're trying to read is actually via a remote request, rather than local file, changes things significantly. Per the fread() manual page, you need to read the file differently. Alternatively, simply use file_get_contents().
