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Ok I have a code that creates a file and inputs text but I keep getting errors I am using PHP 5.4

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$my_file = 'file.txt';
$handle = fopen($my_file, 'w') or die('Cannot open file:  '.$my_file);
$data = 'This is the data';
fwrite($handle, $data);

And When I See if it works I get a error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$my_file' (T_VARIABLE)

HELP!

Posted 10-Dec-13 10:56am

Braydon

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idle63 · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10T11:00:00

Solution 1

Read carefully something like this:

http://www.tizag.com/phpT/filecreate.php[^]
Regards

Posted 10-Dec-13 11:00am

idle63

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Braydon 10-Dec-13 17:24pm

It is the same thing

[no name] 10-Dec-13 17:36pm

Please a little bit more specific? I'm not yet clear whether open or create is the pb.

Braydon 10-Dec-13 17:40pm

IT Creates it then adds details to it

[no name] 10-Dec-13 18:17pm

then what happens exactly?

Braydon 10-Dec-13 18:25pm

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$my_file' (T_VARIABLE)

[no name] 10-Dec-13 18:49pm

hmmm...syntax error...I assume the error message is not really exact (not your pb, more the environment pb).
Do you have the possibility to specify the whole path absolut? In the meaning of not only file name, but with the whole path, something like "\\svr\.....\file.txt"? maybe this helps. Sorry that I can not give more precise solution ;)

[no name] 8-Feb-14 7:39am

Thank you very much for accepting the solution. Kind regards, Bruno