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xenon · 12-30-2007, 09:43 AM

The problem is quite simple. If you need to get the contents of a file unaltered, read the file contents and parse it. If you need to perform php operations in a file and just capture the result, use include/require (and they're _once forms).

Now, for the handles. Think of a handle as a door and the variable that references the handle as the key to the door. You need the key every time you use the door. Check out the analogy with the actual code:

PHP Code:


			
// get the 'door key'
$fh = fopen('filename.txt.', 'rb');
// you need to use the key every time you do an operation that involves using 'the door'
// read the file, line by line
while( $line = fgets( $fh, 1024 ) )
{
echo $line;
}
// lock the 'door' & destroy the 'key' when you're done
fclose( $fh );

12-30-2007, 09:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
xenon The Frequenter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 438 Thanks: 3	The problem is quite simple. If you need to get the contents of a file unaltered, read the file contents and parse it. If you need to perform php operations in a file and just capture the result, use include/require (and they're _once forms). Now, for the handles. Think of a handle as a door and the variable that references the handle as the key to the door. You need the key every time you use the door. Check out the analogy with the actual code: PHP Code: `// get the 'door key' $fh = fopen('filename.txt.', 'rb'); // you need to use the key every time you do an operation that involves using 'the door' // read the file, line by line while( $line = fgets( $fh, 1024 ) ) { echo $line; } // lock the 'door' & destroy the 'key' when you're done fclose( $fh );` __________________ I have optimistic thoughts, even though sometimes (if not always) life's a bitch.