PHP 4.3.4.4

[Bert]

I am new to all this testing server terminolgy. For the last 6 days I have
read everything I can find on installing php/mysql, IIS as a testing server.

IIS, MySQL, PHP installed and apparently working but since I have never had
any experience with any of them I can't be sure.

WinXP Pro
IIS
PHP 4.3.4.4

I am on chapter 2 of Welling and Thompson PHP and MySQL book which is for an
earlier version of php.

Once I discovered this I was able to change some of the ini settings to get
it working.

There are two pages I am working with entered as called for in the book:
orderform.htm and processorder.php

The submit buttom calls the processorder.php and executes the php
statements, sets the variables, echo to the screen preforms calucations
etc., until I get to the fopen() function and I get the message below.

Warning: fopen(http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt): failed to
open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections. in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 56

Warning: flock(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 57

Your order could not be processed at this time. Please try again later.

The relevant code section:

$outputstring = $date."\t".$tyreqty." tyres \t".$oilqty." oil\t"
.$sparkqty." spark plugs\t\$".$total
."\t". $address."\n";

// open file for appending
$fp = fopen("http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt", "a+");
flock($fp, 2);
{
echo "<p><strong> Your order could not be processed at this time. "
."Please try again later.</strong></p></body></html>";
exit;
}

fwrite($fp, $outputstring);
flock($fp, 3);
fclose($fp);

echo "<p>Order written.</p>";

?>

In the IIS console I selected the phptest/orderfile folder and checked read
and write.

I have read the help on stream and it makes no sense to me at all.

I am totally frustrated at this point. I have been going around in circles
and am no closer to getting the problem soved than I was 6 days ago.

Any advice, suggestions, links etc will be greatly appreciated.

Bert

[Eric Bohlman]

"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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Warning: fopen(http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt): failed
to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections.
in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 56
That's because you weren't actually opening a file there; you were asking
your Web server to fetch a resource and return its contents to you. You
need to specify a filesystem path, not a URL, and not specify a protocol.
Warning: flock(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 57

That's because your fopen() failed, so the result it returned wasn't a
valid file handle.

[Bert]

Hi Eric,

Any possibility you could provide sample code for the fopen() call?

Bert

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"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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Warning: fopen(http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt): failed
to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections.
in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 56

That's because you weren't actually opening a file there; you were asking
your Web server to fetch a resource and return its contents to you. You
need to specify a filesystem path, not a URL, and not specify a protocol.

Warning: flock(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line 57

That's because your fopen() failed, so the result it returned wasn't a
valid file handle.

[Eric Bohlman]

"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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"Eric Bohlman" <eb******@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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> Warning: fopen(http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt):
> failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable
> connections. in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line
> 56
That's because you weren't actually opening a file there; you were
asking your Web server to fetch a resource and return its contents to
you. You need to specify a filesystem path, not a URL, and not
specify a protocol.

Hi Eric,

Any possibility you could provide sample code for the fopen() call?

No, because I have no idea where in your filesystem "orders.txt" is being
stored; there's *no* necessary relation between a URL path and a filesystem
path. Take the actual filesystem path and put it (enclosed in quotes) in
your fopen call in place of the stuff that starts with "http".

[Bert]

Eric,

Thanks a million. You have made my day.

I knew it had to be something simple but had no idea what I was doing wrong.

You don't know how much I appreciate you and the others that help us dummies
out.

Thanks again,

Bert
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"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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"Eric Bohlman" <eb******@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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"Bert" <be*********@meckcom.net> wrote in
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> Warning: fopen(http://localhost/phptest/orderfile/orders.txt):
> failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable
> connections. in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\processorder.php on line
> 56

That's because you weren't actually opening a file there; you were
asking your Web server to fetch a resource and return its contents to
you. You need to specify a filesystem path, not a URL, and not
specify a protocol.

Hi Eric,

Any possibility you could provide sample code for the fopen() call?

No, because I have no idea where in your filesystem "orders.txt" is being
stored; there's *no* necessary relation between a URL path and a

filesystem path. Take the actual filesystem path and put it (enclosed in quotes) in
your fopen call in place of the stuff that starts with "http".