open and write to file with PHP

open-write-close-with-PHP.md

Open a file and write to it with PHP

snippet to open a file, write to it (with timestamp), then close file with PHP

More can be found at fopen docs

open-write-close-with-PHP.php

<?php
//set date time if not already done elsewhere
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

//set date/time for entry
$time_stamp = date('m\-d\-Y\-h:iA');

//set file name and location
$log = "assets/logs/log.txt";

//open or create log.txt
//[see docs for more modes](http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php)
$fp = fopen($log,"a+");

//append text and time stamp to log.txt (the double \n's are to give readable space inbetween entries.) 
fwrite($fp, $time_stamp . "\n" . "hello world" . "\n\n");

//close log file
fclose($fp);

//You can also use unlink() to delete file if needed
unlink($fp)
?>