fwrite

Anon

Hi,

I want to use fopen and fwrite to write a html file for user send info and this info will be stored in a txt file.

<?php
$address = "address.data";

function displayAdress($address) {
$file = fopen("$address", "w");
fwrite($file);
fclose($file);
}
displayAddress($address);
?>

However, the info submitted by html form could not be recorded in address.data file.
What's wrong with the code?

Thanks

gogo

bouche

You will have to send the submitted info into the function like you do with the adress, or define them as global vars. Then you have to send these wars into the

fwrite($file,"$submittedvars");

Bevare that by using the w switch in the fopen you truncate the file to zero everytime you open it.

Check here for more info
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php

reagent

from the manual
fwrite
(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

fwrite -- Binary-safe file write
Description

int fwrite (int fp, string string [, int length])

I wouldn't thing that the way you are calling fwrite would work, since there are 2 required parameters.

you're basically just opening and closing a file, since you provide no data to write to the file.

check
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php
for more info

kparker

What's wrong with the code?

In addition to the other things not already mentioned, you must test the return value of fopen() to see if it was able to perform the action requested, and not just blindly write to the file handle.

Anon

Thanks for all of your kind help.

But, I think I might ask the wrong question. I saw a php book which said that the return value of fwrite was integer.

But, what I want to do is that:
1) The user can input text info from a html page such as name, tel, add and email.
2) When the user submits the form, the info will be sent and store in a txt file of the server. If there is no such file, it will be created automatically by fopen.

Was I wrong to use fwrite? If so, which one should I use in this case?

Thanks a lot.

gogo