Simple text file reading codes NOT working

[Jofio]

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.
<?php

$visitorFile="counter.txt";
$fh=fopen($visitorFile,"r+") or die("could not open.");
echo 'Debug 1: opened to read';
//read from it
$Visited=fread($fh, filesize($visitorFile)) or die("Could not
read.");

//Add counter to reflect new count
$Visited ++;
//close file
fclose($fh);
echo "your are visitor $Visitor";
?>
Please help.
Jofio

[Don Freeman]

"Jofio" <j9******@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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.
<?php

$visitorFile="counter.txt";
$fh=fopen($visitorFile,"r+") or die("could not open.");
echo 'Debug 1: opened to read';
//read from it
$Visited=fread($fh, filesize($visitorFile)) or die("Could not
read.");

//Add counter to reflect new count
$Visited ++;
//close file
fclose($fh);
echo "your are visitor $Visitor";
?>

I don't know what system you are on but for fread() the manual states:

On systems which differentiate between binary and text files (i.e. Windows)
the file must be opened with 'b' included in fopen() mode parameter.

$handle = fopen($filename, "rb");

I just use the following code for my counter:

<?php
$count_for_page = ("hitcounter.txt");
$hits = file($count_for_page);
$hits[0]++;
$fp = fopen($count_for_page, "w");
fputs($fp, "$hits[0]");
fclose($fp);
echo $hits[0];
?>

-Don
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[Ewoud Dronkert]

Jofio wrote:

gone wrong here? When I run it, the browser displays: 'COULD NOT Read'

$fh=fopen($visitorFile,"r+") or die("could not open.");
$Visited=fread($fh, filesize($visitorFile)) or die("Could not

Probably has to do with the r+ mode of opening the file. Try r or rb, or
getting the filesize before opening the file.

--
E. Dronkert

[Steve]

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.

---
Steve