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>fwrite</H1
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>    (PHP 3, PHP 4 )</P
>fwrite&nbsp;--&nbsp;Binary-safe file write</DIV
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>int <B
CLASS="methodname"
>fwrite</B
> ( resource handle, string string [, int length])<BR
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>&#13;     <B
CLASS="function"
>fwrite()</B
> writes the contents of
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>string</I
></TT
> to the file stream pointed to by
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>handle</I
></TT
>. If the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
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     argument is given, writing will stop after
     <TT
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><I
>length</I
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> bytes have been written or the end
     of <TT
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><I
>string</I
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>&#13;     <B
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>fwrite()</B
> returns the number of bytes
     written, or <TT
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>FALSE</B
></TT
> on error.
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>&#13;     Note that if the <TT
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     configuration option will be ignored and no slashes will be
     stripped from <TT
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>string</I
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$filename = 'test.txt';
$somecontent = "Add this to the file\n";

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($filename)) {

    // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
    // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence 
    // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
    if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
         print "Cannot open file ($filename)";
         exit;
    }

    // Write $somecontent to our opened file.
    if (!fwrite($handle, $somecontent)) {
        print "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
        exit;
    }
    
    print "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($filename)";
    
    fclose($handle);
					
} else {
    print "The file $filename is not writable";
}
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>&#13;     See also <A
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