Help with writing to a file using a form

Anon

Hi all,

Well after getting slated yesterday for trying to take the easy way out I have been try today and last night to do the job myself, but it is still not working, can someone tell me what I am doing wrong please.
This is my form that I am using to get my data:
<form name="news" method="post" action="write.php3">
<input type="text" name="$name">
<input type="text" name="$link">
<input type="text" name="$title">
<textarea name="$message" cols="40"></textarea>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>
I am trying to send my values to my write.php3 script see below:
<?
$filename = "test.txt";
if ($message)
{
$link = strip_tags($link);
$title = strip_tags($title];
$name = strip_tags($name);
$message = strip_tags($message,"<a>,<b>,<i>,<p>,<br>");

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
    $message = stripslashes($message); 
    $name = stripslashes($name);
	$title = stripslashes($title);
	$link = stripslashes($link);
    }
$message = ereg_replace("\r\n\r\n", "\n<P>", $message);
$date = date("l, F j Y, h:i a");
$message = "<B>$title </B><P>$message <P>$name $date \n";
$fp = fopen($filename, 'r'); 
fwrite ($fp, $message );
fclose ($fp);
}

What I am trying to do is to get my write.php3 to write the values to test.txt
So far the only thing that works is the form when I hit submit. LOL

I am very new to php (2 days to be excact) so if my code looks stupid or I am missing something out very import that is my excuse.

If anyone can help me out here or point me in the right direction please that would be great.

Thanks

TheDon

nightowl

are you sure you have write permissions in the directory you want to write to ?

Anon

yep sure do, plus I am not getting any errors, as i said before I am not getting anything LOL
I am still playing around with it but still nothing is happening.
fyi the server is running on a windows machine if that makes any difference in this case.

willythemax

You're wrong when you call the text areas $name_of_text_area in your HTML code. everything you have to do is give them a simple name like link , name , eccc. I didn't give a look at the remaining part of the code because I have no time at the moment. Just try doing that and tell me how goes on.

MAX

Anon

Hi well I tried what you said and I seem to be getting somewhere now, it seems to be working I think. I changed my script to :
<?
$filename = "test.txt";
if ($message)
{
$link = strip_tags($link);
$title = strip_tags($title);
$name = strip_tags($name);
$message = strip_tags($message);

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc())
    {
    $message = stripslashes($message); 
    $name = stripslashes($name);
	$title = stripslashes($title);
	$link = stripslashes($link);
    }
$message = ereg_replace("\r\n\r\n", "\n<P>", $message);
$date = date("l, F j Y, h:i a");
$message = "<B>$title </B><P>$message <P>$name $date \n";
$fp = fopen($filename,"r+"); 
fwrite ($fp, $message );
fclose ($fp);
}

And put it in the form instread, but I think it is working now.
I will let you know shortly

Thanks for the advise.

Anon

Hi,

Your input name are wrong

instead of writing a $ before the name you should use just a name.

Your code:
<input type="text" name="$name">
<input type="text" name="$link">
<input type="text" name="$title">
<textarea name="$message" cols="40"></textarea>

should be:
<input type="text" name="name">
<input type="text" name="link">
<input type="text" name="title">
<textarea name="message" cols="40"></textarea>

The rest seems to be ok. If you write $name PHP puts the variable content as the name of the field.

hope this helps you out.

Anon

Thanks for your help I mad the chages what you put forward and it works (wow only taken me 12 hours LOL)

How do I get it to rewrite the whole content of the file please

Anon

I got it ,
$fp = fopen($filename,"w")

Hmm this is starting to be fun for now 🙂

bmpco

how does it feel ? doing the things for yourself ?

see, your learned something in those 12 hours..

Anon

Nice one :-)

Anon

I could not agree with you more and I thank you all for showing me the errors of my way.
The only reason I was looking for a quick fix was because I was on a tight time scale (btw it did not matter in the end LOL).
I will say in show and making the effort myself the responce I have got has been great from you all.

fyi all I am still working with my little script I still have a few problems if I have no luck I will post for help again.
Once again all thank you for you help.

PS. can someone please give me the code for a global e-commerce site, have to have it ready by tomorrow 🙂))) Only Joking.

TheDon