Unable to read file in php

Question

I am trying to get the file path from user and then try to parse it. However, i get error when i run the code.

If i pass the file path manually by putting in my code and then run the program it works fine.

<?php

require_once('SoftLayer/SoapClient.class.php'); 
$handle4 = fopen ("php://stdin","r");
echo "Enter full file path of the csv file e.g C:\\git\\softlayer-api-php-client\\sample.csv : ";
$path = fgets($handle4);
echo $path;


$f_pointer=fopen(trim($path),"r"); // file pointer

echo 'Done';

?>

Error:

Line 10 $f_pointer=fopen($path,"r"); 

Answer 1

Converting the error in your screenshot to text:

Warning: fopen(C:\\git\\softlayer-api-php-client\\sample.csv"
)

That's not word-wrap of the output, because there are longer lines shown, so that must be an actual newline. There's also a stray double-quote there.

In other words, you need to a) validate your input (so that you'd spot the stray " you entered when testing), and b) run trim() over it before use, to get rid of the almost inevitable spaces and newlines resulting from its entry.