create a new text file?

[makeda]

Hey,

I'm trying to write a script that looks for my log file. If the file isn't there, it should create a new one. I can't seem to find a php filesystem function to do this? Is there one? This is where I'm at:

$sLog = "log.txt";
  if(!file_exists($sLog)) {
    //create the file
  }

[redemption]

You can touch() a file. If you want to write to the file as well as create it, use fopen() with the "w" mode.

[Phil.Roberts]

$sLog = "log.txt";
if(!file_exists($sLog)) {
    touch($sLog);
}

[makeda]

thank you.

[emplynx]

You can touch() a file. If you want to write to the file as well as create it, use fopen() with the "w" mode.

Will fopen() create a file that doesn't exist?

[seanf]

Yep, as Joel said

Sean

[Jeff Lange]

Will fopen() create a file that doesn't exist?

Yes, if you open a file with 'w', and it does not exist, and PHP has permission to do so, it will create a new file.