Editing text files with PHP

[rapmonkey]

How can I open up a file named something like textfile.txt, display it in an HTML form, have the user edit it, then save it? Thanks for any help. 😃

[cgraz]

Here's the code. Look up the functions at php.net for more explanation:

-- form.php --

<?

// include path w/filename here if necessary
$filename = "textfile.txt";
$fp = fopen ($filename, "rw");

   echo "<form method=post action=process.php>\n";

   echo "<textarea rows='6' cols='40' name='content'>\n";

$content = fread ($fp, filesize ($filename)); 
   echo $content;
   echo "</textarea><br><br>";

fclose ($fp);

   echo "<input type=submit value=Submit>\n";
   echo "</form>";

?>

-- process.php --

<?

$filename = "file.txt";

$fp = fopen ($filename, "w");

// write to file
if (!fwrite($fp, $_POST['content'])) {
   echo "Could Not Write to file";
   exit;
}

   echo "Information Written Successfully";

fclose($fp);

?>

Cgraz