PHP Editing

[Anon]

Hi all,

I am currently working on a set of scripts that let a group of users edit a set of files... sort of like an online project management system, where users log in, make their changes, and log out again. The main aim of this, is to create a way of tracking who is editing what - mainly by putting a 'lock' on the file to prevent it being edited by anyone else at the same time. I have found that when working with other people, our work often overlaps and becomes very messy.

The main problem I am having, though, is getting PHP code to display in a <textarea>...</textarea>. Basically, ifi just include("file.php"); it tries to execute all the code... I was thinking of some way of opening a file, and running it through a function similar to htmlspecialchars() - what are everyones thoughts on this? I will probably open-source the system when its semi-usable.

Thanks for all your input,

Ross Poulton
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[Anon]

This is an extremely cool idea. Very cool. What if you just use eregi_replace() to edit &lt;?PHP\n in the file with &lt;?PHP/\n and then append it with \n/?$gt; for the <textarea> display and then remove just those chars when you process the submitted edit?

This sounds too simple. But maybe it could work. I would really like to see what you have so far.

--ph

[Anon]

Hi,

I am not sure if this will work... I thought of replacing all the <? and <?PHP with something like [? and [?PHP, using something similar to the column posted here a while ago about making your own little languages similar to HTML (read through http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/ying20000718.php3)

It wouldn't be too hard... but rather than include()'ing the file, I would have to do something like fopen() and then eregi_replace... Not sure.

I have written an outline of how I plan to structure the entire program, but it is sitting on my linux machine next to me, which, unfortunately, my brother is using under windows 🙁 Next time I am using it under linux, I will upload the outline to a public server and post the URL here. Also, anyone who wants to help out with the development (after reading the outline) can email me at [e-mail].

Unfortunately, during development, we will have to do it the old-fashioned way :-P Maybe this is the last project where the same thing gets coded by four people accidentally... who knows? 🙂

Ross
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[Anon]

If you are creating the textarea on the fly using php,
just read the file using something other than the include statement,
and print it into the textarea.
The code between <textarea> and </textarea> is not parsed by the browser.