Creating a new txt file with a PHP function

Question

I am trying to write a function that takes two parameters (the filename and a sting to put inside) that creates a new file, containing the string.

<?php

function writeFile($name, $string) {
    $text = $string;
    $fh = fopen($name + ".txt", 'w') or die("Could not create the file.");
    fwrite($fh, $text) or die("Could not write to the file.");
    fclose($fh);
    echo "File " . $name . ".txt created!";
}

writeFile("testovFail", "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");

if(file_exists("testovFail.txt")) echo "<br>File exists!";

?>

This is what I have so far, the function echos that the file was created, but when I run the IF conditional to check whether the file was created, it returns that it wasn't.

Answer 1

how about using file_put_contents instead?

$current = "John Smith";
file_put_contents("blabla.txt", $current);