test file updating

[chemaster]

I would like to be able to load a file (summary.txt) into a textarea of a form, make changes, and save the changes to the file. I have everything working EXCEPT I must refresh the page after I hit submit. Any suggestions?

<? $stuff = implode("",file("summary.txt"));?>

<form method=post>
<textarea name="mytext" cols="50" rows="20">
<?php echo (htmlspecialchars($stuff)); ?>
</textarea>
<br>
<input type=submit>
</form>

<?php
$file = "summary.txt";
$fp = fopen("$file","w");
fputs($fp, $_POST["mytext"]);
fclose($fp);
?>

[raymie]

I am probably misunderstanding what you are asking bit if not try moving parts of your code around.

if(isset($_POST["mytext"]))
{
 $file = "summary.txt"; 
 $fp = fopen("$file","w"); 
 fputs($fp, $_POST["mytext"]); 
 fclose($fp); 
}

$stuff = implode("",file("summary.txt"));

and then have the html bit

<form method=post> 
<textarea name="mytext" cols="50" rows="20"> 
<?php echo (htmlspecialchars($stuff)); ?> 
</textarea> 
<br> 
<input type=submit> 
</form> 

[chemaster]

-- raymie

This was exactly what I was looking for. 🙂 I designed a webpage for someone and wanted a simple method for him to update. I can adapt this with include text file for use with his page.

Thanks,

Steve