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Since you are not suppressing errors, the first question would be are you getting any? If not, then I would suspect that the path is something other than you think. Try specifying the path:
I am not getting any errors; I made several alterations to my text file's path but yet no change in effectiveness; I have read through the php link also but it does not shed any new light (or if it does I can not see it);
I have also called my server company but they say that I should wait til Monday to talk to their php person; oh well;