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PHP

Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points
Posted by Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points

fopen problem

$my_file = "$Uid.".txt;
$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file);
$string_data = serialize($lastResult);
fwrite($handle, $string_data);




if(isset($_GET['id'])){

     $url = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
         $keys = parse_url($url); // parse the url
         $path = explode("/", $keys['path']); // splitting the path
         $last = $path[2]; // get the value of the last element 
     $my_file = "$last.txt";

$str = file_get_contents('$my_file');
$lastResult = unserialize($str);

The above is my code but I am having problems with the last section. I am trying to open the file but keep getting bool false, however if I replace the my_file with the full file name it works perfectly even though my_file is the same string.

$my_file = "12345.txt"
$str = file_get_contents('$my_file'); // wont work
$str = file_get_contents('12345.txt'); // will work

I am so confused on why this is not working for me.

1 Answer

Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham
18,033 Points
Aaron Graham
Aaron Graham
18,033 Points

remove the quotes around $my_file.

$str = file_get_contents($my_file);

The way you have it, you are passing the string '$my_file' to file_get_contents().

Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points

Thanks for the quick reply Aaron, far too late here and I need to get some sleep silly mistakes again. =(