[PHP] delete and recreate
So, I want to create a script to delete an old file and create a new one which is empty. The script receives a password via query string. The obvious methods give me back a very useless 500 error. Any suggestions on how to accomplish what I seek? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+ | BOX | +-+ think -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: delete and recreate
This really doesn't tell me what you are trying to do. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] delete and recreate
On 9 Nov 2011, at 15:35, Kirk Bailey wrote: So, I want to create a script to delete an old file and create a new one which is empty. The script receives a password via query string. The obvious methods give me back a very useless 500 error. Any suggestions on how to accomplish what I seek? First of all you need to sort out your development environment. Getting a 500 response from the server suggests that your server is set up to hide PHP error messages from you. Are you, perchance, using Windows? I don't know what you need to tweak to get it to show you PHP errors but others here may be able to help you with that. As far as your task goes it seems pretty straightforward. Use unlink() to delete the existing file if file_exists() returns true, then use touch() to create the new, empty file. Simples. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] delete and recreate
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Kirk Bailey kbai...@howlermonkey.netwrote: So, I want to create a script to delete an old file and create a new one which is empty. The script receives a password via query string. The obvious methods give me back a very useless 500 error. Any suggestions on how to accomplish what I seek? -- end Very Truly yours, - Kirk Bailey, Largo Florida kniht +-+ | BOX | +-+ think -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Make sure PHP has the permissions needed to delete and create files in the directory. Adam -- Nephtali: A simple, flexible, fast, and security-focused PHP framework http://nephtaliproject.com
Re: [PHP] delete and recreate
Is anyone concerned about the OP's original statement about receives a password via query string. Perhaps that is his problem since he did mention it? I didn't attempt to answer it because I didn't know what/why he was prompting for a password. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] delete and recreate
On 11/9/2011 7:35 AM, Kirk Bailey wrote: So, I want to create a script to delete an old file and create a new one which is empty. The script receives a password via query string. The obvious methods give me back a very useless 500 error. Any suggestions on how to accomplish what I seek? First, please include the at minimum the following information when asking a question about a problem that you are having. 1) Operating System (Windows, Linux, etc...) 2) Web server type and version 3) PHP Version ( and how it is loaded in the web server ) 3) Example code that you have tried. a) What the code is doing. b) What you expect the code to be doing. -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ http://www.bendsource.com/ H - (541) 323-4219 C - (541) 408-5189 O - (541) 323-9113 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
