Dynamic filename using Record id

[TCovert]

This is what I need to do:

I have a script that outputs data to an html file, and it currently gives it a name like "storyrandomchars". I want it to be story$id.htm.

I have no idea how to do this.

Any suggestions?

[bastien]

<?

//how ever you output your data

$id = $row["rowID"];

fopen("story".$id."html",w)

[intenz]

I think you're talking about something like this...

Here's the function...

<?
function storyid()
{
        $file = file('ids.txt');
        $maxID = array_reverse($file);
        if(!$maxID[0])
        {
                $fp = fopen('ids.txt','a+');
                if($fp)
                {
                        fwrite($fp,'00');
                }
                die('No story ID in DB.<br>Inserted a new ID.<br>Please refresh.');
        }
        $newID = $maxID[0] + 1;
        $fp = @fopen('ids.txt','a+');
        if($fp)
        {
                fwrite($fp,"\n" . $newID);
        }
        else
                die('No permission to write in ID file.');
        return $newID;
}
?>

Here's how you use the function...

<?
$story = 'bla bla bla bla bla bla';
$fp = @fopen('story' . storyid() . '.html','a+');
if($fp)
{
        fwrite($fp,$story);
}
else
        die('No permission to write in STORY file.');
?>

[TCovert]

How would I work the path into that fopen syntax?

[TCovert]

That worked, thanks.

Another quick question:

In that same form, I can add a photo. I want to be able to save that photo as photo[recordID].jpg

At first I was thinking I could just duplicate the ids.txt file as photoids.txt and use a copy of that function as well. But, there isn't always a photo with each record. So, the photo id and the story id would be off from each other.

Any ideas on how to integrate this in?