If statement help:

[|2eM!x]

    <?php
            [B]If(($_POST['R\W']) == 'r'){[/B]
        $contents = @fopen($_POST['file'], "r") or die("Error opening1");
        $reading = fread($contents, filesize($_POST['file'])) or die("Error Reading");
        @fclose($_POST['file']);
            echo $_POST['file'],"/n",$reading;
            } Else {    
        $contents = @fopen($_POST['file'], "w") or die("Error opening2");
        @fwrite($contents,"New file created") or die("Error writing");
        @fclose($_POST['file']);
            }
    ?>

How do i check posts value? seems im doing it wrong-it always goes to elses, even if $_POST['R\W'] does equal r

thanks

[visualAd]

Have you tried checkign the variable contains what you expect it to contain? Try this at the beginningof your script, does it output what you expect?

echo($_POST['R\W']); 

[|2eM!x]

thanks visualad, i didnt know php was case sensitive (r\w) was what it was.
Can you please explain how id add a new line to an echo?

[visualAd]

You need to use a string in double qutoes. For a widnows newline you need a carridge return and line feed, for unix yujust need a line feed:

echo("\r\n"); //windows
echo("\n"); // unix

[|2eM!x]

thanks visual, but it still isnt working

Ive tried it these ways:

                echo ($_POST['R/W']);
            echo("\r\n"); 

            echo ($_POST['R/W']),echo("\r\n"); 

and both times the page looks like this:
r visitorcount.txt 916
instead of
r
visitorcount.txt
916

any clues?

[visualAd]

Do you mean in the HTML? If so then you need to use "<br />" which created a line break.

[ALL]

when i am echo'ing a variable to find the value or check the value, i usually write it to a test file, like so:

$handle = fopen($filename, 'a'));
fwrite($handle, "$_POST['R/W']");
fclose($handle); 

the reason i usually use a file rather than echoing the variable is because a file is more reliable to get the info out of.

[|2eM!x]

does a mean for append? i think it does? so theres an r,w,a?

and also, i mean that i when you echo at two different spots, they appear on one line, i hope the < br /> does it

[ALL]

no, "a" is for "wrighting only, if the file does not exist, attempt to create it"

look here for all the file handles:
http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php