Unable to write an array to a file

[tejas900]

hi All,

I am extracting data from a website using a automation tool. I am getting the data in the form of an array, which I want to write it in a text file. Please have a look at the below piece of code which is not working. it creates a file but just write a word 'Array' into it instead of the data.

$rec = split("\[EXTRACT\]", $e);

echo "$rec";
//inserting the extracted data in to text file
$myFile = "testFile.t xt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
fwrite($fh, $rec);
fclose($fh);

Any quick help is really appreciated.

[kovik]

And what seems to be the problem?

[pbmods]

Heya, tejas900. Welcome to TSDN!

When you try to print() an array, it will output as 'Array'. Not too helpful. What you want is var_export() instead.

[kovik]

A more common approach is print_r().

You'd likely want to actually traverse your arrays and add each index into the file.
[php]foreach($rec as $data)
{
echo $data;
}[/php]

That should give you an idea of how it's done.