using select boxes to pick page to write to

[scbmx]

im trying to use select boxes to pick the page to write variable to. here is sample soding im useing that is not working right. i know im doing something very wrong because its creatingweird files like ''; and "; and ".."

• this is in the form that is sending the vars to the write file below.

  <td  width="56%"> 
                <select name="menu1">
    		<option name="config.php" value="<?php echo ("$file"); ?>" selected>config.php</option>
  		<option value="<?php echo 'config2.php'; ?>" selected>config2.php</option>
		</select>
            </td>

here is the write file that is suposed to be putting the set vars in the selected file

  <?php
 $fo = fopen("$file", "w");
      $sphp = "<?php\n";
      $ephp = "?>\n";


 if($reset == NULL){
#dbaccess 
     $hostD = "\$host = '$host';\n";
     $userD = "\$user = '$user';\n";
     $passD = "\$pass = '$pass';\n";
     $dbD = "\$db = '$db';\n";
     $tableD = "\$table = '$table';\n";
     $guserD = "\$guser = '$guser';\n";
     $gpassD = "\$gpass = '$gpass';\n";
#main config
     $titleD = "\$title = '$title';\n";
     $headD = "\$head = '$head';\n";
     $bgD = "\$bg = '$bg';\n";
     $textD = "\$text = '$text';\n";
     $linkD = "\$link = '$link';\n";
     $borderD = "\$border = '$border';\n";
     $sizeD = "\$size = '$size';\n";
     $fontD = "\$font = '$font';\n";
#css config     

     $hovorD = "\$hovor = '$hovor';\n";
     $fbackD = "\$fback = '$fback';\n";
     $fsizeD = "\$fsize = '$fsize';\n";
     $sborderD = "\$sborder = '$sborder';\n";
     $sbackD = "\$sback = '$sback';\n";
#ip banning
     $ip1D = "\$ip1 = '$ip1';\n";
     $ip2D = "\$ip2 = '$ip2';\n";
     $ip3D = "\$ip3 = '$ip3';\n";
     $ip4D = "\$ip4 = '$ip4';\n";
     $ip5D = "\$ip5 = '$ip5';\n";
#footer-do not erase...    	 
    $footD = "\$foot = '$foot';\n";
}
    #writing
     fwrite($fo, $sphp);
	 fwrite($fo, $hostD);
     fwrite($fo, $userD);
     fwrite($fo, $passD);
     fwrite($fo, $dbD);
     fwrite($fo, $tableD);
     fwrite($fo, $guserD);
     fwrite($fo, $gpassD);
     fwrite($fo, $titleD);
     fwrite($fo, $headD);
     fwrite($fo, $bgD);
     fwrite($fo, $textD);
     fwrite($fo, $linkD);
     fwrite($fo, $borderD);
     fwrite($fo, $sizeD);
     fwrite($fo, $fontD);
     fwrite($fo, $hovorD);
     fwrite($fo, $fbackD);
     fwrite($fo, $fsizeD);
     fwrite($fo, $sborderD);
     fwrite($fo, $sbackD);
     fwrite($fo, $ip1D);
     fwrite($fo, $ip2D);
     fwrite($fo, $ip3D);
     fwrite($fo, $ip4D);
     fwrite($fo, $ip5D);
	     fwrite($fo, $ephp);

#close file
 fclose($fo);


?>

im sure its a simple mistake or something but if you see what im doing wrong please tell me.

[Weedpacket]

This is the line that creates the file:

$fo = fopen("$file", "w");

(Actually, just $file is sufficient, the extra "" just slow things down.)

Your problem now is to figure out why $file has a weird value and where it's getting it from ($GET['menu1'] or $POST['menu1'] (depending on the method used by the form)?). (Incidentally, it's only to be expected that there'll be a file called ".." - the operating system creates that in every directory it creates.)

I note that your form looks somewhat confused - two options selected (presumably you only want one), a redundant echo in the section option, a redundant name in the first.

[daveyboy]

You may want to try $POST or $GET instead of using global variables for your form data - your version of PHP may have globals off.