php questbook error...

Anon

Okay i got a questbook code here, but the problem is that the new messages aren't displayed first... they come under in the page, how do I have to change the code to have the new messages displayed first?

Thanx greetz savale

<head>
<title>berichten</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#063A68" text="#FFFFFF" link="#AAAAAA" vlink="#AAAAAA">
<?php
// If the url includes ?view then the guestbook will be viewed
if ($QUERY_STRING == "view") {
readfile("gbook.dat");
echo <<<END
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size=+0><a href="$PHP_SELF"><font color="#EE9516">Post een bericht</font></a></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size=-1>© <a href="http://www.savale.com">www.savale.com</a> 2001. All rights reserved.</font></p>
END;
exit();
}

// Prepare timestamp
$h= (date("H") +1);
$dtstamp = date ("d M Y $h:i:s", time()+3600);

// Test to see if the message box contains something
if ($inhoud) {

// BUG FIX: Take any "'" items out of the data..
$inhoud = StripSlashes($inhoud);
$inhoud = nl2br($inhoud);

// Test to see if the email address is blank. If so then substitute a temp one
if (!$email) {
$email="onbekend";
}
// Assign the lines html for each guestbook entry to a variable
$code = <<<ENDBLOCK


<center>
<table border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=550 bordercolor="#FFFFFF">

  <tr>
  <td width=250><font face="arial" size=+0 color="#EE9516"><b>Naam: </b></font><font face="arial" size=+0>$naam</font></td>
  <td><font face="arial" size=+0 color="#EE9516"><b>Onderwerp: </b></font><font face="arial" size=+0>$onderw</font></td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
  <td colspan=2 height=50><font face="arial" size=+0>$inhoud</font></td>
  </tr>


  <tr>
  <td><font face="arial" size=-1 color="#EE9516"><b>Gepost op: </b></font><font face="arial" size=-1>$dtstamp</font></td>
  <td><a href="$homepage" target="_new"><img src="homepage.gif" border=0 align=right></a><a href="mailto:$email"><img src="email.gif" border=0 align=right></a></td>
  </tr>

</table>
</center>
<p>

ENDBLOCK;

// Open the guestbook datafile and append the code to it
$fp = fopen("gbook.dat","a");
fwrite($fp,$code);
fclose($fp);

// Thank the user
echo <<<ENDTHANKS
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size=+0>Bedankt voor het posten van je bericht! Klik <a href="$PHP_SELF?view">hier</a> om de berichten te bekijken</font></p>
ENDTHANKS;

} else {

// If the message field is empty or non-existant, display the Sign Book form
echo <<<END
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size=+0>Vul hier uw bericht in of klik <a href="$PHP_SELF?view">hier</a> om terug te gaan naar de berichten.</font></p>
<form method="post">
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td><font face="arial" size=-1 color="#EE9516"><b>Je naam:</b></font></td>
<td><input style="background-color:white" style="border:0" type="text" name="naam" maxsize=25 size=25></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font face="arial" size=-1 color="#EE9516"><b>Het onderwerp:</b></font></td>
<td><input style="background-color:white" style="border:0" type="text" name="onderw" size="25" maxlength="25"></td>
</tr>

   <tr>
        <td><font face="arial" size=-1 color="#EE9516"><b>Je e-mailadres:</b></font></td>
        <td><input style="background-color:white" style="border:0" type="text" name="email" size ="25"></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
        <td><font face="arial" size=-1 color="#EE9516"><b>Je homepage:</b></font></td>
        <td><input style="background-color:white" style="border:0" type="text" name="homepage" size="25"></td>
   </tr>

</table>
<p>
<table width="400" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan=2><textarea style="background-color:white" style="border:0" name="inhoud" rows="5" cols="45"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Posten"></td>
<td><input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Legen"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<p> </p>

END;
}
echo <<<END
END;

?>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size=-1>© <a href="http://www.savale.com">www.savale.com</a> 2001. All rights reserved.</font></p>
</body>

dolphinsnot

// Open the guestbook datafile and append the code to it
$fp = fopen("gbook.dat","a");
fwrite($fp,$code);
fclose($fp);

if you use:

fopen("gbook.dat","w");

instead, it will add new messages to the beginning of the file, not the end. using "a" adds to the end of the message file, leaving the oldest entries at the top and adding new ones to the bottom...using "w" will always have your newest entries at the top, and should therefore diplay correctly using whatever code you're already using for displaying your entries....

-dolphinsnot

Anon

Hey thanx anyway but it don't work... It wil display the second message at the top, but the first message is gone... anyone else with the solution?

dolphinsnot

well, it's a little difficult to help you with the code that displays entries from your guestbook when all you included was the code that adds entries to your guestbook.

perhaps i could help if i saw the actual code that does the display...

it's like asking how to fix a chicken will all you show me is the egg...

-dolphinsnot

dolphinsnot

i apologize, sir.

i just saw the code wayy up at the top that performs the readfile() function.

all i can do to help with that is direct you to:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rewind.php
(english version)

http://www.php.net/manual/de/function.readfile.php
(german version)

hope it helps.

-dolphinsnot

Anon

Ok this is the "table" in which all is being displayed... the code i sent to this forum is the complete code...

<tr>
<td width=250>Naam: $naam</td>
<td>Onderwerp: $onderw</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan=2 height=50>$inhoud</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Gepost op: $dtstamp</td>
<td><a href="$homepage" target="_new"><img src="homepage.gif" border=0 align=right></a><a href="mailto:$email"><img src="email.gif" border=0 align=right></a></td>
</tr>