diff --git a/parsecsv.lib.php b/parsecsv.lib.php
index 2791293..4bcda86 100644
--- a/parsecsv.lib.php
+++ b/parsecsv.lib.php
@@ -1182,16 +1182,9 @@ class parseCSV {
      *
      * @return  true or false
      */
-    protected function _wfile ($file, $string = '', $mode = 'wb', $lock = 2) {
-        if ($fp = fopen($file, $mode)) {
-            flock($fp, $lock);
-            $re  = fwrite($fp, $string);
-            $re2 = fclose($fp);
-            if ($re != false && $re2 != false)  {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
+    protected function _wfile ($file, $string = '') {
+        file_put_contents($file,$string);
 
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 }