Re: Failed to write to a text file (text file is RW) [message #171449 is a reply to message #171444] |
Tue, 04 January 2011 04:16 |
The Natural Philosoph
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justaguy wrote:
> On Jan 3, 6:53 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> On 1/2/2011 11:29 PM, justaguy wrote:
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>>>> > Jerry,
>>>> > The code isn't working, so, of course it's not in production. I'm
>>>> > using an ISP's server, don't have a lot of control...
>>>> > yes, you're right, I was lazy in error detection/tracking for this
>>>> > piece of code, thought it should be fairly straight-forward.
>>>> > Thanks.
>>>> > Don
>>>> Another point - get your own development machine going. It will make
>>>> your life a lot easier. Even if it's not the same OS and won't catch
>>>> every error (i.e. you wouldn't see this error on Windows), it will help
>>>> you many other ways.
>>>> And depending on the ISP's setup, ini_set() and/or your .htaccess file
>>>> can change a number of PHP settings for a single script, every script on
>>>> your site, or many steps in between.
>>> Too bad, an open source webserver, Caucho Resin on my Windows 7 box
>>> fails to support php. The same code produced a blank page with
>>> nothing.
>> Why don't you just install Apache - it's open source, free and supports
>> PHP just fine. It also happens to be the most used web server in the
>> world.
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>> And BTW - I didn't say the code was "in production". I said it was "on
>> a production machine". Two entirely different things.
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>> Remove the "x" from my email address
>> Jerry Stuckle
>> JDS Computer Training Corp.
>> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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> Hi all, problem resolved with the same (my 'original' code). My ISP
> first adversely changed file attributes of another text file,
> Terrible! Which failed my software download routine, anyway, after
> calling them up and instructing them to set it to rw rw rw, all's well
> now.
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> But let me ask Jerry and all, how do we ensure the "target file" to
> support concurrent users, if it's opened by user A, we need to lock it
> or something... how do we do it with php?
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> Many thanks.
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> Don
create a lock file
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