hay max writin to a file is terrable .....
anyway 1st >$pctarget = "/blogbits/".substr >($target,0,6)."/_".$target."_bc.txt"; if this is a path ur tryin to specify change / to \ 2nd try fwrite fwrite($getcomments, "$title "); or fwrite($getcomments, "$addrecord"); hope this helps ..... good luck toby..... --- Max Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to put a comment page on my weblog. I > have the link displayed in > the format of date first, then a link to bookmark > the entry, and then a link > to post a comment. I want to write the comments to a > text file. My comment > page accepts a default value of "target", which is > set to the date to be > commented on. Then it opens (or creates) a text file > in the format of the > variable set by $pctarget. > > $pctarget = > )."/_".$target."_bc.txt"; > if ($newpost == "yes") { > $addrecord = > $newpostname."\n".$newpostemail."\n".$newposturl."\n".date("l, > F jS, > Y")."\n".$newpostcomments."\n<br>"; > $fullcomments .= "-----splitcomment-----\n"; > $getcomments = fopen($pctarget, "a"); > fputs($getcomments, $addrecord); > fclose($getcomments); > } > > I've tried assigning fputs() and fclose() to > variables (which I infer is the > right way to do things but the manual isn't clear on > it, i.e. > $gc=fputs($getcomments, $addrecord); but that > doesn't work either. When the > page loads I get a blank page and this for the > source: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 > Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; > charset=windows-1252"></HEAD> > <BODY></BODY></HTML> > > It's not even the header source I told it to put > out. As I understand it, > this is the source put out by an error page, when > the code won't run. I > haven't been able to figure out what simple thing > I'm missing, and I know > it's simple because it invariably is. (Law of > Murphy, don't ya know.) > > Any suggestions? Would lack of file permissions > cause this? Server is a > Linux box. > > Thanks in advance > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php