You want "r" instead of "w+". I'd suggest reading the Filesystem Functions section of the manual again...
good luck! -philip On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, phper wrote: > how do I read the contents of a file. > > $FileStream = fopen("webmaster/forum".$Forum."/forumtopics.txt", "w+"); > $line = fgetss ($FileStream, 255); > print ("number is: ".$line." <br> "); > > fclose($FileStream); > > always returns nothing > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php