is there a way 2 create a PHP file?

[Anon]

Hello!

I am trying to create an admin mode for a client of mine. What I would like to be able to do is have part of the form all the user to add a new page to the site which will create the file dynamically in a directory on the site. For example, say the user wants to create a photo page called "icesculptures", the admin mode would create a file called "icesculptures.php" in the designated directory. Is this possible? Thanks in advance!

Sincerely,
Ryan Yzquierdo
[e-mail]

[Anon]

Let me try this again since I can't edit my own posts. I have no idea what I meant to say in the first sentence or two.

I am trying to create an admin mode for a client of mine. I want to have a admin form that enables a user to "create" a NEW *.php file in a pre-designated directory. For example, say the user wants to create a photo page called "icesculptures", the admin form would create a file called "icesculptures.php" in the designated directory once the form is submitted. Is this possible? Thanks in advance!

[Anon]

yes this is possible. you would just goto php.net and read their file() function.

i dont know the exact syntax for it since i forget a lot but if you go there and search for file you will get an example on how to open a file for write or rewrite. there is a mode where it checks if something exists and if not then it creats the file. then you can add content into it. the pre-designated diretory would just be like a variable of where you want it to be. ie $directory = "blah/"; and when you create the file you would just do a $directory += "filename"; to create it in that directory.

[Anon]

by the way i can see "sample" or any kind of file ...... can u send to me????

[Anon]

I believe you requested that I send you a sample file.

In this example, all I want to do is create the file "friends.php" in the directory "test". The file "friends.php" does not exist yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for your time!

<?
$url = "http://www.yzquierdo.com/photos/test/friends.php";
$fp = @fopen("$url","wb");

if ($fp) {
print "The file exists!";
}
else {
print "The file was not created. This operation has failed. Please contact the <A href=\"mailto:[e-mail]?subject=File Creation Failed\">site administrator</A>.";
}
?>

Until All Are One!

Sincerely,
Ryan Yzquierdo
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[Anon]

I have no problem now creating the file THANKS to several ppl. However, the userid is not allowed to access or associated to the file. I get a bunch of SAFE MODE restrictions but I feel that it's because the file is NOT created via FTP. The commented FTP line below does NOT work.

<?
if ($function == "create") {
$url = "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/photos/test/$page.php";
// $url = "ftp://siteID:[e-mail]/photos/test/$page.php";
print "<P>$url</P>";

$fp = @fopen("$url","w+b");

if ($fp) {
    $h = "<? include(\"$DOCUMENT_ROOT/common/shell-left.inc\"); ?>

    <? include(\"$DOCUMENT_ROOT/common/shell-right.inc\"); ?>";
    fputs($fp,"$h");
    fclose ($fp);

    $link = explode("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/",$url);
    $link = $link[1];
    print "The file has been created.  Please view the new page <A href=\"/$link\">here</A>.";
}
else {
    print "The file was not created.  This operation has failed.  Please contact the <A href=\"mailto:[e-mail]?subject=File Creation Failed\">site administrator</A>.";
}

}
?>

Please feel free to use the following link to see the erros for yourself:

http://www.yzquierdo.com/photos/test/index.php

Here's an example of the code at it's finest and me getting really frustrated with PHP: http://www.yzquierdo.com/photos/test/biteme.php

[Anon]

Before I get the question: YES, I have the appropriate username and password in my code. Just didn't want to post it on this site ...