file_get_contents() error: failed to open stream : invalid argument

Question

$i = 0;   

$name_url = '../../accounts/full/'.$frd_array[$i].'/profile/name.txt';
$name = file_get_contents($name_url);
$user_id = file_get_contents('../../accounts/full/'.$frd_array[$i].'/profile/user_id.txt');
$status = file_get_contents('../../accounts/full/'.$frd_array[$i].'/profile/status.txt');

echo "
        <div class='frd_acc'>
        <img class='c_avatar' src='../accounts/full/".$frd_array[$i]."/profile/avatar.png'>
        <div class='c_name'>".$name."</div> <kbd class='c_user_id'>".$user_id."</kbd>
        <div class='status'>".$status."</div>
        </div>"

above is my php code. when im executing this php script im getting the following errors:

Warning: file_get_contents(../../accounts/full/amaan2 amaan2 /profile/name.txt): failed to open stream: Invalid argument in E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php on line 16

Warning: file_get_contents(../../accounts/full/amaan2 amaan2 /profile/user_id.txt): failed to open stream: Invalid argument in E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php on line 17

Warning: file_get_contents(../../accounts/full/amaan2 amaan2 /profile/status.txt): failed to open stream: Invalid argument in E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php on line 18

Please Help ME!!!

Can you do a var_dump($name_url) above file_get_contents and post your results here? — Alexios Tsiaparas, Jun 03 '17 at 05:52
is this correct? full/amaan2 amaan2 /profile repeat the same word twice, with space in between and space after then `/`? — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 05:59
E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php:19:boolean false E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php:19:boolean false E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php:19:boolean false — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:01
The paths you post here in comments above is not nearly the same as the ones in your code. Not sure I understand — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:03
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/145758/discussion-between-shaikh-amaan-fm-and-andreas). — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:10
@ShaikhAmaanFM The file_get_contents is equivalent to file_get_contents('../../accounts/full/amaan2 amaan2 /profile/name.txt'). Can you do a var_dump(getcwd()) as well, and check if the complete path to the file is correct? Note that there is a space at the second amaan2, so this might be a problem — Alexios Tsiaparas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:12
@AlexiosTsiaparas yes it is but I need those names "amaan2 amaan2" in variables only. — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:15
Then can you do a $name_url = '../../accounts/full/'.trim($frd_array[$i]).'/profile/name.txt'; and see if it fixes it. — Alexios Tsiaparas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:17
The issue is probably E:\accounts/full/amaan2 amaan2 In chat you said your directory is E:\freeji/full/amaan2 amaan2. If you are in file E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php and go back two directories you go to E:\FreeJi\. It sounds like you have confused yourself in all the directories. — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:18
@AlexiosTsiaparas I noticed that sapce before but Im not getting how to remove that. — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:23
Is it the space that is the issue? I asked you about that 23 minutes ago. It's not in the array it's in the code. `$frd_array[$i].'/profile` — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:24
@Andreas oh sorry sir I did a slight mistake in represting the directory structure to you in chat the thing above is correct one sorry again — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:25
@AlexiosTsiaparas yeah I trimmed it before but the problem still remains the same — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:26
Sorry that was my misstake, it only looked like a space here on SO. — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:28
@AlexiosTsiaparas yes!! it worked the thing you stated in the comment. I did that way and got my work done thank you — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:29
Seriously?? I asked you an half an hour ago about the space. And now you get it? And want to accept "his answer"? — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:30
@Andreas I told you that I trimmed that before and it didn't worked out. but the way he stated, I got my work done. — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:35
You didn't say anything about trim, you wrote `@Andreas yes it is correct ` nothing else. — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:37
@Andreas sorry sir I thought that before and had did that but as it didn't work I thought there's nothing we got to do with it. than when he stated it I thought let it give a try. — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:38
@AlexiosTsiaparas whatever happened sir. you could have helped me long ago. so if you'll put your answer here I'll accept your one — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:41
@Andreas sorry Andreas he worked more than you behind this problem and he could have solved that before you if I did not have done a mistake there — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:43
whatever I meant here with Andreas, I wanted those things to meant with @AlexiosTsiaparas — Shaikh Amaan FM, Jun 03 '17 at 06:50
@ShaikhAmaanFM Unaccept my answer and you can select any one that you like — Alexios Tsiaparas, Jun 03 '17 at 06:53
In my opinion the answer is not trim(). It may solve the problem for now, but it's not the solution. You have an array with username that holds an extra space or a directory that lacks a space. That is inconsistent. Inconsistent is bad in programming. This time the "solution" was trim, but what if a user has a space as the last char? You trim it and you are back here with "why won't it work?". Go back and figure out why your array and directories don't match. That is the answer and solution in my opinion. Anything else is band-aid, or not even that more like duct tape and a piece of paper. — Andreas, Jun 03 '17 at 07:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '17 at 05:52

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Try $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/accounts/full/'

answered Jun 03 '17 at 05:52

sreid

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I did this but still the problem exist – Shaikh Amaan FM Jun 03 '17 at 05:56
id need to see a var_dump of $frd_array – sreid Jun 03 '17 at 06:03
E:\FreeJi\php\chats\my_frds.php:19: array (size=2) 0 => string 'amaan2 amaan2 ' (length=15) 1 => string 'shaikh_amaan_fm amaan' (length=21) – Shaikh Amaan FM Jun 03 '17 at 06:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '17 at 06:31

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Please do

$name_url = '../../accounts/full/'.trim($frd_array[$i]).'/profile/name.t‌xt';

in order to remove extra spaces

answered Jun 03 '17 at 06:31

Alexios Tsiaparas

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file_get_contents() error: failed to open stream : invalid argument

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