From a492989894b34220e1193ab4b01fc36d9d33d0d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: awesomeuser <awesomeuser@noreply.localhost>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 22:13:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] if statement for checking if posts file exists

---
 index.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 156353d..ad68f4e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@
         
         <?php
         // ensure the file exists before attempting to read from it
-        $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "a");
-        fclose($myfile);
+        if (!file_exists("posts.txt")) {
+            $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "a");
+            fclose($myfile);
+        }
 
         // show content
         $myfile = fopen("posts.txt", "r") or die("Unable to open file!");