Adding to text document using forms

jamessui

Just wondering if anyone can help me...

I want a php script that when users fill in a form, it adds their details to a text document, eg

users add their "name" and "email" and it adds this to the end of the text document:

<tr>
<td>[user's name]</td>
<td>[user's email]</td>
</tr>

I suppose it's a bit like a guestbook... well it's very much like one...

sorry if this is a bit confusing, i'm not very good at explaining things :rolleyes:

leifr

Hi!

<?php
if($_POST["action"] == "add")
{
 $WFile = fopen("textfile.txt", "w+");
 fwrite($WFile, "<tr>\n<td>$_POST["name"]</td>\n<td>$_POST["mail"]</td>\n</tr>\n";
 fclose($WFile);
}

$TheFile = file("textfile.txt");
echo "<table>\n";
while(list($no, $line) = each($TheFile))
{
 echo $line;
}
?>
</table>

<form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="add" />
Name: <input type="text" name="name" /><br />
Mail: <input type="text" name="mail" /><br />
<input type="submit"></form>

Leif

scoppc

Since you plan to use just a text document (NOT a database), then you have to deal with file functions.

The code below should do the job:

//get the name and email address
$name=$_POST['thename'];
$email=$_POST['theemail'];

$newentry="<tr><td>" . $name . "</td><td>" . $email . "</td></tr>";

//open the file and read all its contents
$fileName="book.txt";
$file=fopen($fileName,"r");
$old=fread($file,filesize($fileName));
fclose($file);

//now write the new content
$file=fopen($fileName,"w");
fputs($file, "$newentry");
fputs($file, "$old");
fclose($file);

jamessui

Thanks for your help, but I'm getting a number of errors :eek:

http://fitterhappier.org/phptest/fanlist.php

😕

jamessui

Oops forgot to CHMOD it

Works, thanks 😃

jamessui

Sorry to be picky but it seems to add an extra blank

whenever I add something, can I stop this?

jamessui

lol it's okay now, it's sorted and working like a charm 😃

Thanks again for your help