ID: 41763 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: kraghuba at in dot ibm dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: linux, windows PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment:
fopen(, "a") works as described but ftell() tells offset since opening: <?php echo filesize("x") . " "; $fp = fopen("x", "a"); echo ftell($fp) . " "; fwrite($fp, "a"); echo ftell($fp); ?> outputs e.g. 5 0 1. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-06-21 12:54:29] kraghuba at in dot ibm dot com Description: ------------ The current documentation of fopen for append mode doesn't state clearly where the file pointer is set initally. The doc says : "In a mode : Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it.". But in reality the file pointer is set to 0, the file position is moved to end of file before any write operation. Please modify the document to make this clear. I also noticed that in response to following defect this was explained : "Bug #15528: ftell does not work consistently" Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $fp = fopen(__FILE__, "a"); var_dump($fp); var_dump( ftell($fp) ); // ftell should return the size of the file fclose($fp); ?> Expected result: ---------------- C:\workdir\test>php fopen.php resource(5) of type (stream) int(0) Actual result: -------------- C:\workdir\test>php fopen.php resource(5) of type (stream) int(0) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41763&edit=1