wificonfig still not working

- some error when writing/reading from file
	setting ssid and password through web and then reconnecting wifi works
 = may change storage variant in file to json

esp8266-laser.ino

@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
 
 SoftwareSerial laserSerial(14, 12, false, 256);
 
-char ssid[50] = "tojoin";
+String ssid2     = "XTZ-72315";
-char password[50] = "";
+String password2 = "dgzv-6erv-63wl-vpzz";
+String ssid     = "";
+String password = "";
+
 int wifiMode = 0; // 0: client, 1: AP (default)
-int wifiTimeout = 10000; //ms
+int wifiTimeout = 20000; //ms
 
 /* Soft AP network parameters */
-char *ssidAP = "ESP-test";
+char *ssidAP = "laserAp";
 IPAddress apIP(192, 168, 4, 1); // note: update metaRefreshStr string if ip change!
 IPAddress netMsk(255, 255, 255, 0);
 
@@ -64,15 +67,26 @@ void readWifiConfigFile() {
   Serial.println("Reading wifi config");
   String s = f.readStringUntil('\n');
   if (s.substring(0, 4) == "mode") {
-    s.substring(5, 6).toInt();
+    wifiMode = s.substring(5, 6).toInt();
+    Serial.print("wifiMode=");
+    Serial.print(wifiMode);
+    Serial.println(";");
   }
   s = f.readStringUntil('\n');
   if (s.substring(0, 4) == "ssid") {
-   s.substring(5).toCharArray(ssid, 50);
+    ssid = String();
+    ssid = s.substring(5);
+    Serial.print("ssid=");
+    Serial.print(ssid);
+    Serial.println(";");
   }
   s = f.readStringUntil('\n');
   if (s.substring(0, 3) == "pwd") {
-   s.substring(5).toCharArray(password, 50);
+    password = String();
+    password = s.substring(4);
+    Serial.print("password=");
+    Serial.print(password);
+    Serial.println(";");
   }
   f.close();
 }
@@ -181,7 +195,7 @@ void handleMotor(String uri)
 
 void handleSsid(String uri)
 {
-  uri.substring(6).toCharArray(ssid, 50);
+  ssid = uri.substring(6);
 
   String json = "{ \"handledSsid\":";
   json += "{\"ssid\":\"" + (String)ssid + "\"}}";
@@ -190,7 +204,7 @@ void handleSsid(String uri)
 }
 void handlePwd(String uri)
 {
-  uri.substring(5).toCharArray(password, 50);
+  password = uri.substring(5);
   String json = "{ \"handledPwd\":";
   json += "{\"password\":\"" + (String)password + "\"}}";
   server.send(200, "text/json", json);
@@ -235,17 +249,23 @@ void handleSaveConf() {
 }
 
 boolean setupWifi() {
-  // Serial.print("setupWifi");
+  Serial.print("setupWifi mode=");
-  // Serial.println(wifiMode);
+  Serial.println(wifiMode);
   if (wifiMode == 0)
   {
-    Serial.printf("Try connecting to %s\n", ssid);
+    Serial.print("Connecting to ");
-    WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
+    Serial.println(ssid);
+
+    WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
+    WiFi.begin(ssid.c_str(), password2.c_str());
 
     previousMillis = millis();
     while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
       delay(500);
+      Serial.print(".");
+      Serial.print(WiFi.status());
       if (millis() - previousMillis >= wifiTimeout) {
+        Serial.println("");
         Serial.println("connection timedout");
         return false;
       }
@@ -261,7 +281,6 @@ boolean setupWifi() {
     Serial.printf("Starting SoftAP %s\n", ssidAP);
     WiFi.mode(WIFI_AP);
     WiFi.softAP(ssidAP);
-    Serial.println("");
     Serial.print("SoftAP started! IP address: ");
     Serial.println ( WiFi.softAPIP() );
     return true;
@@ -284,10 +303,50 @@ void setup(void) {
   }
 
   //WIFI INIT
+  WiFi.disconnect();
+  delay(100);
   readWifiConfigFile();
+  delay(100);
+
+  delay(100);
+  int n = WiFi.scanNetworks();
+  Serial.println("scan done");
+  if (n == 0)
+    Serial.println("no networks found");
+  else
+  {
+    //    Serial.print(n);
+    //    Serial.println(" networks found");
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+    {
+      // Print SSID and RSSI for each network found
+      //      Serial.print(i + 1);
+      //      Serial.print(": ");
+      //      Serial.print(WiFi.SSID(i));
+      //      Serial.print(" (");
+      //      Serial.print(WiFi.RSSI(i));
+      //      Serial.print(")");
+      //      Serial.println((WiFi.encryptionType(i) == ENC_TYPE_NONE) ? " " : "*");
+      delay(10);
+      if (WiFi.SSID(i) == ssid) {
+        Serial.println("found ssid");
+      }
+      else if (WiFi.SSID(i) == ssid.c_str()) {
+        Serial.println("found ssid.c_str");
+      }
+      else if (WiFi.SSID(i) == ssid2) {
+        Serial.println("found ssid2");
+      }
+      else if (WiFi.SSID(i) == ssid2.c_str()) {
+        Serial.println("found ssid2.c_str()");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   boolean wifiConnected = setupWifi();
   if (!wifiConnected)
   {
+    Serial.println("set wifiMode=1");
     wifiMode = 1; // fallback to AP mode
     setupWifi();
   }
@@ -308,6 +367,7 @@ void setup(void) {
   //server.on("/wwc", HTTP_GET, writeWifiConfigFile);
   //server.on("/rwc", HTTP_GET, readWifiConfigFile);
   server.on("/saveconf", HTTP_GET, handleSaveConf);
+  server.on("/sw", HTTP_GET, setupWifi);
   server.on("/heap", HTTP_GET, []() {
     String json = "{";
     json += "\"heap\":" + String(ESP.getFreeHeap());