php/flash/txt

brcolow

Im trying to write info from an html form...

<form action="console.php" method="post"> 
<br>
<br>Username: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="username" SIZE="30">
<br>Password: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="password" SIZE="30">
<br>Email: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email" SIZE="30">
<br>Target to Counter-strike: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="cstrike" SIZE="30">
<br>Target to Medal of Honor- Allied Assault: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="mohaa" SIZE="30">
<br>Target to Unreal Tournament: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="ut" SIZE="30">
<br>Target to Battlefield 1942: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="bf1942" SIZE="30">
<input type="submit" value="submit"> 
</form>

to a php script that saves the file to a txt file for a flash program, the thing i need help with is this line in my code...

$userinfo=$username.$password.$email.$cstrike.$mohaa.$ut.$bf1942;

I need that to define userinfo to the information to be written to the file, but when i run it it says that the vairbles username password email cstrike mohaa ut and bf1942 are not defined, HELP thanks
-mike

jaygatsby

If you're running a recent version of PHP, REGISTER_GLOBALS is probably off for security reasons, so you'll have to reference your fields as $_POST['fieldname']. I ran into that problem when I first started coding PHP; the book I purchased was older than the current version, and the book expected REGISTER_GLOBALS to be on.

brcolow

uhh what? im a newbie man i ddint get that

brcolow

could u please xplain urself, also i dotn ahve direct access to the server if thats what u mean

brcolow

someone.. HELP! this is a big problem

dannys

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.external.php

brcolow

that doesnt make sense because im tryting to write those html varibles to a txt file and that doesnt tell em how to do it

brcolow

well i got the username to print but i need it to be written to a text file...

brcolow

<?

print $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];

$fp = fopen("$username.txt", "w", 1);

$userinfo=$username.$password.$email.$cstrike.$mohaa.$ut.$bf1942;

fwrite($fp, $userinfo);

fclose($fp);

?>

thats what i have, get it now? i no its wrong i need help on making it right...

dannys

Surely this will be enough to get you started:

<?php

//Get all of the POST variables - set the variable to an empty string if it wasn't sent.
isset($_POST['username']) ? $username = $_POST['username'] : $username="";
isset($_POST['password']) ? $password = $_POST['password'] : $password="";
isset($_POST['email']) ? $email = $_POST['email'] : $email="";
isset($_POST['cstrike']) ? $cstrike = $_POST['cstrike'] : $cstrike="";
isset($_POST['mohaa']) ? $mohaa = $_POST['mohaa'] : $mohaa="";
isset($_POST['ut']) ? $ut = $_POST['ut'] : $ut="";
isset($_POST['bf1942']) ? $bf1942 = $_POST['bf1942'] : $bf1942="";

print "username is : $username<br/>\n";

// Check for username
if (empty($username))
	die("No username was entered!");

// Try to open the file for writing
if ($fp = fopen("$username.txt","w",TRUE))
{
	fwrite($fp,$username.$password.$email.$cstrike.$mohaa.$ut.$bf1942);
	fclose($fp);
}
else
	die("Couldn't open $username.txt for writing!");

?>

brcolow

wow man thanks alot, everything works except... it makes a file called username.txt i need it to be the username they entered... and when i opened the txt it only had the word username in it??? any suggestions? anyways thanks alot for the help so far

brcolow

oops nope work PERFECT except it just list the thing like continusly.. how do i make them appear like this in the txt file... username=blah
pasword=blah etc... no how to do this?

dannys

Change:

 fwrite($fp,$username.$password.$email.$cstrike.$mohaa.$ut.$bf1942);

to:

fwrite($fp,"username=$username\npassword=$password\nemail=$ema il\ncstrike=$cstrike\nmohaa=$mohaa\nut=$ut\nbf1942=$bf1942");

That should make a file looking like:

username=foo
password=bar
email=sod@off.com
cstrike=blah

etc

If you want it all on 1 line, take out the \ns.

bastien

and just create headers for each column....

and use commas or spaces to separate the values or you'll be screwed trying to use those details to log someone in....

for spaces
//username
if (strlen($POST['username']<>20 )){
$addspaces=""
for($x;$x<(20-strlen($POST['username'])), $x++){
$addspaces=$addspaces." "
}
$username=$POST['username'].$addspaces
}
//password
if (strlen($POST['password']<>20 )){
$addspaces=""
for($x;$x<(20-strlen($POST['password'])), $x++){
$addspaces=$addspaces." "
}
$password=$POST['password'].$addspaces
}

// Try to open the file for writing
if ($fp = fopen("$username.txt","w",TRUE))
{
fwrite($fp,$username.$password);
fclose($fp);
}
else
die("Couldn't open $username.txt for writing!");

this creates a file with columns 1-20 filled with the username
columns 21-41 filled with the password. this the best method for making a readable text file and in a standard format

commas

fwrite($fp,$username.",".$password.",".$email.",".$cstrike.",".$mohaa.",".$ut.",".$bf1942);

using commas is also a good method and is not space dependant if your users use long names...can be easily read into php using the explode function to take the line apart.

hth

brcolow

thanks for everyones help, it works now, this truly is the best php site, THANKS