How do you open a textfile and write to it with php appendstyle
textFile.txt
//caught these variables
$var1 = $_POST['string1'];
$var2 = $_POST['string2'];
$var3 = $_POST['string3'];
$handle = fopen("textFile.txt", "w");
fwrite = ("%s %s %s\n", $var1, $var2, $var3, handle);//not the way to append to textfile
fclose($handle);
To append data to a file you would need to open the file in the append mode (see fopen
):
- 'a'
Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it.- 'a+'
Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it.
So to open the textFile.txt in write only append mode:
fopen("textFile.txt", "a")
But you can also use the simpler function file_put_contents
that combines fopen
, fwrite
and fclose
in one function:
$data = sprintf("%s %s %s\n", $var1, $var2, $var3);
file_put_contents('textFile.txt', $data, FILE_APPEND);