<?
$ad["image"]="default_image.gif";
$ad["alt"]="default_ad";
$ad["link"]="getlink.php?im=def";
$ad["status"]="default_image.gif";

if ($fi=fopen("ads.ini","r")) {
	$str="An empty string: ";
//	while (! feof($fi)) {
//		$str=$str . fgetc($fi);
//		echo fgetc($fi);
//	}
//	$str=fgets($fi, filesize($fi));
	echo("File contain: " . $str);
}
else{
	echo ("File is not open");
}
fclose($fi);
?>

I assume that getc() (or work with file system???) doesn't work, because, when I execute a while cycle it never ends.

File "ads.ini" is in the same directory as php page. It contains:
AdsHome=F:\jaunumi\ads
AdsImagesHome=F:\jaunumi\ads\images

Andris Jancevskis