PHP Programming - Basic Filesize() call fails

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Basic Filesize() call fails

IWP506@gmail.com

2005-05-29, 3:56 am

I just CANNOT figure out what is wrong with this!

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$op1f = fopen("./test.txt","r");
$op1 = fread($op1f, filesize($op1f));

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my file text.txt is in the same dir as the php file. I get the
following errors on run:

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Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for Resource id #3
in C:\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache2\htdocs\php\php\pickone\php
\index.php on line 11

Warning: fread() [function.fread]: Length parameter must be greater
than 0. in C:\Program Files\Apache
Group\Apache2\htdocs\php\php\pickone\php
\index.php on line 11

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I know it's something stupid I'm doing, but I simply can't figure it
out!

Thanks,
IWP506

Daniel Tryba

2005-05-29, 3:56 am

IWP506@gmail.com wrote:
> $op1f = fopen("./test.txt","r");
> $op1 = fread($op1f, filesize($op1f));
>
> Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for Resource id #3
> in C:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache2\htdocs\php\php\pickone\php
\index.php on line 11
>
> I know it's something stupid I'm doing, but I simply can't figure it
> out!

Read the manual page (http://nl2.php.net/filesize) carefully, It's
contains the prototype of filesize():
int filesize ( string filename )

Thus the only argument to filesize should be a string containing the
name of the file. You error reports that the argument passed in your
script is a resource and thus not a string.

BTW you lack any errorhandling, so an other error will appear to the
user in case eg test.txt doesn't exist or is not readable...

IWP506@gmail.com

2005-05-29, 3:56 am

I knew it was something stupid.

Thanks,

IWP506

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