Writing time to a text file

Anon

I have an HTML booking form which via a PHP handle form script writes data to a text file, appending each new entry under the last. I would like to put a time stamp as the first line of the text file details for each new booking.

Currently the booking data are written as array values in a fopen/fwrite function. Where should I put my date() function ? Do I need to use javascript in the HTML page and pass this as a variable to the php handle form? Or can I incorporate the PHP date() function [preferrable] into my handle form?

thanks in advance

peter

Anon

I use this way to log my entries to an external file with a timestamp.

hope it helps you.

function logEntry ($msg) {
$fp = fopen ("filename.txt" , "a") ;

     $string = date("F j, Y, g:i a");
     $string .= "\t".$msg ."\n";

     if ($fp) {
         fwrite($fp, $string);
     }

     fclose($fp) ;

}

peterhagerty

hi Brij

I can see that, but I am posting data from a form in an HTML page and I also want to incorporate the time into the subsequent text file.So it is two variables from two separate functions into one text output.

I am declaring the $todaysDate from a function at the very beginning of the handle file, before the fopen/fwritebefunction is declared. Everything parses and all my form data appears in the .txt but no date/time appears.

My $todaysDate function works Ok independently but I am unable to incorporate it into the data that has been posted from the form. I will try inserting if($todaysDate) [exists]in the script until it doesn't parse.

peter

peterhagerty

hi brij

Sorry I re read your mail more carefully (more haste less speed) and I think you have answered for me.

thanks