Question

I want to HTTP POST data to a PHP file which will in-turn write the data into a file. The script I used is as follows,

 <?php
    #error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_PARSE);
    $msglen=strlen($_POST["msgarea"]);
    $msg=$_POST["msgarea"];
    $fp = fopen("dinesh.txt", 'w');
    fwrite($fp, $msg); 
     fclose($fp); 
     echo "Data Written -> $msg";
    ?>

I am hosting this script file in sourceforge.

I have already just created the empty file dinesh.txt and placed the file in the same directory as that of the script file. But unfortunately its not written in the file.

What is the reason ?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Check that $_POST["msgarea"] is not empty and the file is writeable for the user who tries to write it.
And check the logs for errors of course.

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
var_dump($_POST["msgarea"]);

$msglen=strlen($_POST["msgarea"]);
$msg=$_POST["msgarea"];
$fp = fopen("dinesh.txt", 'w');
$result = fwrite($fp, $msg); 
fclose($fp); 
if ($result) {
    echo "Data Written -> $result";
} else {
    echo "Error";
}