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Try this script and it may show you wants wrong<br />
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-36932901-1"><span>&lt;?php</span>
<span>$ourFileName = &quot;foo.log&quot;;</span>
<span>echo $ourFileName.date(&quot;Ymd&quot;).&quot;\n&quot;;</span>
<span>$arg = (file_exists($ourFileName.date(&quot;Ymd&quot;)) == true ? &quot;a+&quot; : &quot;w&quot; );</span>
<span>echo $ourFileName.date(&quot;Ymd&quot;).&quot;\n&quot;;</span>
<span>echo $arg.&quot;\n&quot;;</span>
<span>$ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, $arg) or die(&quot;can't open file&quot;);</span>
<span>$currDate = date(&quot;d/m/y : H:i:s&quot;, time());</span>
<span>$file_contents = &quot;\nThe server is down for: now on D:&quot;.$currDate.&quot;\n&quot;;</span>
<span>fwrite($ourFileHandle,$file_contents);</span>
<span>fclose($ourFileHandle);</span>
<span>?&gt;</span>
</code></pre>
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My modified script is checking for the file &nbsp; foo.log20111007<br />
but writes to &nbsp;foo.log<br />
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Does it make sense now?
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not really... Do you know what wrong in my script?
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Yes, I know what's wrong with the script. &nbsp;I'm going to try to fix in the next post and give it to you for testing. &nbsp;Standby please.
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I believe this will work. &nbsp;I tested it best I can without actually being on your computer.<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-36932985-1"><span>$ourFileName = &quot;/home/nurit/monitorTest/monitorLog&quot;.date(&quot;Ymd&quot;);</span>
<span>         $arg = (file_exists($ourFileName) == true ? &quot;a+&quot; : &quot;w&quot; );</span>
<span>         $ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, $arg) or die(&quot;can't open file&quot;);</span>
<span>         $currDate = date(&quot;d/m/y : H:i:s&quot;, time());</span>
<span>         $file_contents = &quot;\nThe server is down for: &quot;.$host.&quot; on D:&quot;.$currDate;</span>
<span>         fwrite($ourFileHandle,$file_contents);</span>
<span>         fclose($ourFileHandle);</span>
</code></pre>
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You were testing against /home/nurit/monitorTest/mo<wbr />nitorLog20<wbr />111007 but then actually writing to /home/nurit/monitorTest/mo<wbr />nitor<br />
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To be clear (I hope), I changed the first 2 lines. &nbsp;The other lines remain the same.
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Do you mean to<br />
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<b>You were testing against /home/nurit/monitorTest/mo<wbr />nitorLog20<wbr />111007 but then actually writing to /home/nurit/monitorTest/mo<wbr />nitorLog ?</b><br />
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oh I get it cant believe it! :) <br />
so by the way why every time its write to monitorLog its erased the dormer content isnt that suppose to add it on top of that?<br />
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Im trying really quick you suggestion to see if its work
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Yes, that's what I found. &nbsp;It was overwriting.<br />
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Sometimes it helps just to have another set of eyes.<br />
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Note, it should be safe to always use mode 'a' to fopen even if the file doesn't exist.<br />
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<a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php" rel="ugc">http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php</a><br />
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'a' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it. <br />
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For a freshly created file, the end of the file is also the beginning of the file.
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&quot;so by the way why every time its write to monitorLog its erased the dormer content isnt that suppose to add it on top of that?&quot;<br />
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So you think its because I opened it with a+ and not a?<br />
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Yes, since the file it was looking for never existed, &nbsp; &nbsp;$arg = (file_exists($ourFileName.<wbr />date(&quot;Ymd&quot;<wbr />)) == true ? &quot;a+&quot; : &quot;w&quot; ); &nbsp; &nbsp; would always return 'w'<br />
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It never returned 'a+'<br />
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You don't need a+ since you aren't reading the file (right?). &nbsp;A simple 'a' should do the trick. &nbsp;But a+ isn't broken.<br />

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Glad I could be of assistance.
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Im runing a script as a cron job every ten min. I want to create a daily log file for the results I thought its working but Im looking at monitor log and I only see one file for one date <br />
why it is not creating a file for every day??<br />
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thank you!<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-8225401"><span>$ourFileName = &quot;/home/nurit/monitorTest/monitorLog&quot;; </span>
<span>	 $arg = (file_exists($ourFileName.date(&quot;Ymd&quot;)) == true ? &quot;a+&quot; : &quot;w&quot; );</span>
<span>	 $ourFileHandle = fopen($ourFileName, $arg) or die(&quot;can't open file&quot;);</span>
<span>	 $currDate = date(&quot;d/m/y : H:i:s&quot;, time());</span>
<span>	 $file_contents = &quot;\nThe server is down for: &quot;.$host.&quot; on D:&quot;.$currDate;</span>
<span>	 fwrite($ourFileHandle,$file_contents);</span>
<span>	 fclose($ourFileHandle);</span>
</code></pre>
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Im runing a script as a cron job every ten min. I want to create a daily log file for the results I thought its working but Im looking at monitor log and I only see one file for one date 
why it is not creating a file for every day??


thank you!


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