Weird File Error

[mikesena]

Hi,

[CODE]if(!$mode){ $mode = "start"; }


if($mode == "start"){
    $handle = fopen($filename, "r") or die("Read: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be opened.");

    $data = fread($handle, filesize($filename)) or die("Read: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be read.");

    fclose($handle);
   

} elseif($mode == "save"){

    $handle = fopen($filename, "w") or die("Write: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be opened.");
    fwrite($handle, $data) or die("Write: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be writen.");

    fclose($handle);
   

    echo "File data saved OK!<br><br>";

   

    $handle = fopen($filename, "r") or die("Read: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be opened.");

    $data = fread($handle, filesize($filename)) or die("Read: The file <i>'".$filename."'</i> could not be read.");

    fclose($handle);

}[/CODE]

This is my php code for a basic file open / save (a section of my script).
the filename is in the style of "./" followed by the filename.
For some reason, whenever i save a file, extra slashes appear next to " and '.

eg. include('Hello.php');
    include("Hi.php");
  those would become:
    include(\'Hello.php\');
    include(\"Hi.php\");

The file contents are being displayed in a text area.  when a save button is pushed, the data is saved.

What is causing this error?

[Stuie_b]

if i'm not mistaken it's something too do with the way html passes it's form values and how magic_quotes_gpc works, (could be wrong on that)

try too remove any slashes from the filenames before they are saved,

[code]$handle = fopen(stripslashes($filename), "w")[/code]

if that works then i'd check too see what is actually being passed too $filename, making sure there are no whitespaces at the begining or end. use trim too remove any that may be there.


hope it helps

Stuie

[shocker-z]

you need to use stripslashes()

EDIT: oops u had an _ in the function

Basicaly you need to use stripslashes($inputvariable);

and that will remove all \ from the variable.

[kenrbnsn]

Trimming doesn't remove backslashes, it removes characters (usually whitespace and newline) from the beginning and end of values. You need to use the functions stripslashes() on the value.

Ken