Re: [PHP] Re: Problem: Writing into Files?

2009-08-03 Thread Richard Heyes
Hi The thing with this method is that it's just like the previous one; it opens then adds something. I'm assuming if again two visitors visit at the same time, this'd reset to zero. No, the a mode (IIRC) handles file locking for you. Even if it doesn't, the file won't be truncated, so you

Re: [PHP] Re: Problem: Writing into Files?

2009-08-02 Thread Richard Heyes
Hi, ... You can write a single byte to the file to increment the counter, then to read the count just use filesize(). I believe the a fopen() mode will handle locking for you. It will result in a slowly growing file, but space isn't exactly at a premium nowadays, and when the file gets to a

Re: [PHP] Re: Problem: Writing into Files?

2009-08-02 Thread Parham Doustdar
Dear Richard, I don't quite know how I can write a bite into a file. I also looked into a manual and couldn't find a mention of FLock-ing in the explaination for FOpen parameters. Thanks a lot for your help. -- --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email:

Re: [PHP] Re: Problem: Writing into Files?

2009-08-02 Thread Richard Heyes
I don't quite know how I can write a bite into a file. I also looked into a manual and couldn't find a mention of FLock-ing in the explaination for FOpen parameters. Ok, from memory: ?php fwrite(fopen('/tmp/counter', 'a'), '1'); ? The 1 could be any single byte character I guess. --