That is correct. I used the vi editor to edit the file and append a new line at the end of the file.

The failure is occurring when I run the PHP file from a browser. Could it be a permissions issue somewhere because Apache is in a different group than the group the owner of the file is in.... even though the permissions on the file are set to -rwxrwxrwx. Here is the script:

<?php

echo (“Read ”);
$myfile = fopen(“cronTestData.txt”, “r”) or die(“Read - Unable to open file!\n”);
echo fread($myfile,filesize(“cronTestData.txt”));
fclose($myfile);

echo (“Write\n”);

$myfile = fopen(“cronTestData.txt”, “a”) or die(“Write - Unable to open file!”);
$txt = “John Doe\n”;
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
$txt = “Jane Doe\n”;
fwrite($myfile, $txt);
fclose($myfile);
echo (“Write Success!\n”);

?>

The read works fine and lists the four lines in the file. The write fails with: Write Write - Unable to open file!

Thanks for your help on this. It is quite frustrating.