create file

[rpjd]

I'm using a php $_POST variable as the name of a file that I want to create.  fopen() , according to my understanding open the file if it exists or creates it if it doesn't. 

$Ref = $_POST['Ref'];

I using each reference element of $Ref as the name of a file in a certain directory.  So if $Ref[$i] exists as a file name in a certain directory, append to the file, if it doesn't create the file in that directory and write to it.  Do I use the file path of the file within fopen()?  fopen(./References/$Ref,a) or  fopen(./References/$Ref,w)? 

[sunfighter]

Yes, use the file path of the file within fopen(), BUT use the append mode.  The w will over write an existing file, the a will add to it or if it creates it just write to it..

 

ref = http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php