Possible PHP bug with fopen() and fwrite()?

[rlelek]

 

Greetings all,

 

I'm completely stumped...so I'd like to run this issue by you guys (and gals!).

I have encountered an odd issue, and I have no idea why this is doing what it's doing.

 

When I execute the following code, all by itself, in an "index.php" file (with no other files around...completely isolated!)

I get a result of "testtest" 

 

$log_file = 'all.txt';
$handle = fopen($log_file, 'a');
fwrite($handle, 'test');
fclose($handle);

 

Note: I delete the file each time I execute the script (in a browser). I am also the only one running this script.

 

I've tried running on PHP 5.2.x and PHP 5.3.x

I have also tried on my machine as well as a separate, remote machine.

 

Is the script running twice?

If so, what's causing it?

 

Any help is appreciated as always!

 

Ryan

[GrooN]

If you don't need to append to the file you should use another mode than "a", try use "w", this will place the pointer in the start of the file, and delete the other content.

 

Try something like this

 

$file_loc = "myfile.txt";
if (file_exists($file_loc))
{
    $handle = fopen($file_loc, "a")
    fwrite($handle
}
else
{
     $handle = fopen($file_loc, "w")
     fwrite($handle, "the first content\n");
}

if ($handle)
     fclose($handle);

 

I haven't tested it, just a suggestion

[rlelek]

Well, I did some more poking around, and found the solution.

 

Apparently, one of those many FireFox add-ons was making an additional request to the same page (for debugging purposes I'm sure).

:facewall:

 

Must have been one of those early-morning moments!

 

For those of you that have issues with anything, try disabling FireFox Add-ons or try using a different browser! 

 

Ryan

[GrooN]

ah , well good you found the solution !