file not reading nor outputing?

[$php_mysql$]

hi i tried to add this to my php file

 

<?php

$xfile = @file('banners.txt', "r");
$random_num = rand (0,count($xfile)-1);
$data = explode("::",$xfile[$random_num]); 
echo $data[1];

?>

 

i get no output

 

i then tried just including the txt file like

 

include 'banners.txt';

 

then everything in the txt file opens.

 

and if i use fopen like this

<?php

$xfile = fopen ('banners.txt', "r");
$random_num = rand (0,count($xfile)-1);
$udata = explode("::",$xfile[$random_num]); 
echo $udata[1];

?>

 

i get this error

 

Warning: fopen(banners.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/public_html/template/folder1/main.php on line 72

 

where as the txt file exist there

 

 

anyone could help solve my issue?

 

 

[litebearer]

Let's start with, what is the structure (content) of banners.txt?

 

[codefossa]

If you're just reading why not file_get_contents() or curl_exec()

[litebearer]

try...

<?php
$file = "banners.txt";
$lines = file($file);
$random_num = rand (0,count($lines)-1);
$data = explode("::",$lines[$random_num]); 
echo $data[0] . "<br>";
echo $data[1];
?>

[$php_mysql$]

try...

<?php
$file = "banners.txt";
$lines = file($file);
$random_num = rand (0,count($lines)-1);
$data = explode("::",$lines[$random_num]); 
echo $data[0] . "<br>";
echo $data[1];
?>

 

hey mate, tried u bit of codes but neh same thing i get this error message

 

Warning: file(banners.txt) [function.file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/public_html/template/file1.php on line 74

[litebearer]

maybe start with this

<?php 
$filename = '/pathto/filename_here'; 

if (file_exists($filename)) { 
echo "The file $filename exists"; 
} else { 
echo "The file $filename does not exist"; 
} 
?> 

[$php_mysql$]

still didn work, still get the same old file does not exist error message. by any means do you think something is disabled in the server which is causing it to not fetch the file? only include function works rest nothing working

[spaceman12]

<?php
$getFILE=file_get_contents('banners.txt');
$arrFILE=explode("::", $getFILE);
$shuffleFILE=mt_rand(0,count($arrFILE)-1);
echo $arrFILE[$shuffleFILE];
?>

 

 

[$php_mysql$]

this is what i get

 

Warning: file_get_contents(banners.txt) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/public_html/template/file1.php on line 80

[spaceman12]

keep banner.txt on the same folder as the php file.

[litebearer]

My suspicion is that your path is wrong. what does you folder tree structure look like?

[$php_mysql$]

yes it is in that folder itself mate. as i said if i do it like include("banners.txt"); it shows everything in the txt file. only include is working dunno why others say file does not exist :-(

[BlueSkyIS]

have you tried renaming the file or using a different file and filename? any chance there is a space before or after the file name?

[$php_mysql$]

mate i tried to rename it to banners.php and so so even changing extn and name not helping. im hating this. what else could we do with the include function to randomize things? for include is fetching the file without any error.

[litebearer]

for the moment let's forget about randomizing. Let's first concentrate on simply opening the file...

$file = "CURRENT NAME OF THE FILE";
$content = file_get_contents($file);
echo $content;