Create or write/append in text file

Solution 1:

Try something like this:

 $txt = "user id date";
 $myfile = file_put_contents('logs.txt', $txt.PHP_EOL , FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);

Solution 2:

Use the a mode. It stands for append.

$myfile = fopen("logs.txt", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
$txt = "user id date";
fwrite($myfile, "\n". $txt);
fclose($myfile);

Solution 3:

You can do it the OO way, just an alternative and flexible:

class Logger {

    private
        $file,
        $timestamp;

    public function __construct($filename) {
        $this->file = $filename;
    }

    public function setTimestamp($format) {
        $this->timestamp = date($format)." » ";
    }

    public function putLog($insert) {
        if (isset($this->timestamp)) {
            file_put_contents($this->file, $this->timestamp.$insert."<br>", FILE_APPEND);
        } else {
            trigger_error("Timestamp not set", E_USER_ERROR);
        }
    }

    public function getLog() {
        $content = @file_get_contents($this->file);
        return $content;
    }

}

Then use it like this .. let's say you have user_name stored in a session (semi pseudo code):

$log = new Logger("log.txt");
$log->setTimestamp("D M d 'y h.i A");

if (user logs in) {
    $log->putLog("Successful Login: ".$_SESSION["user_name"]);
}
if (user logs out) {
    $log->putLog("Logout: ".$_SESSION["user_name"]);
}

Check your log with this:

$log->getLog();

Result is like:

Sun Jul 02 '17 05.45 PM » Successful Login: JohnDoe
Sun Jul 02 '17 05.46 PM » Logout: JohnDoe

github.com/thielicious/Logger

Solution 4:

This is working for me, Writing(creating as well) and/or appending content in the same mode.

$fp = fopen("MyFile.txt", "a+")