editing a flat file

[Anon]

How would i go by doing this?

i have a script that writes to the flat file but dont know how to edit it in an html form.

[techek]

Easy!

Use something like this :

<?php
$data = file("<filename_of_you_file>");
$data = implode("\n",$data);

echo "<textarea name='datatext'>$data</textarea>\n";

?>

Remember to put in <form>-elements and perhaps even a submit-button so you can save the text to the file again. The text in the textarea is returned in $datatext by the way ...

[Anon]

ok and since i have like:

username:password:level:email

would i use:

<?php
$data = file("<filename_of_you_file>");
$data = explode(":",$data);
$data = list('$user,$pass,$level,$email') = $data;

echo "<textarea name='datatext'>$user</textarea>:";
echo "<textarea name='datatext'>$pass</textarea>:";
echo "<textarea name='datatext'>$level</textarea>:";
echo "<textarea name='datatext'>$email</textarea>\n";

?>
?