Can't update File WHY????

xeelee

<?php
if ($update == "yes") {
    $text=stripslashes($_POST["text"]);
    $filename='text.txt';
    $file = fopen($filename, "w");
    fputs($file, $text);
    fclose($file);
}
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="<?=$_SERVER_['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="update" VALUE="yes">
<TEXTAREA NAME="text" COLS="20" ROWS="12">
<?
include 'text.txt';
?>
</TEXTAREA>
<P>
<INPUT TYPE=submit VALUE="Update Text">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Got this script off somewhere...but i can't get it to work 😕

Once i click update ...the text will revert to the original text....can't edit the text at all
WHY??!?!!

any hints would be most helpful 😃
help a newbie today!

nemonoman

I assume you are trying this on a server. Check the attributes of the file and the directory it's in.

make sure that the public can write to the file/directory.

FTP programs have a little menu item to assist you.

If you're a unix geek , it think the command is chmod 666 or 777. But if you were a unix geek, you wouldn't be asking this question...

mahers

For the if statement, shouldn't

if($update=="yes") {

if($_POST['update'] == "yes") {

xeelee

i am testing on Apache on Windows...does apache has any setting to prevent write to file??

<?php

$filename = 'file.txt';
$fp = fopen($filename, "a");
$text = "can write???";
$write = fputs($fp, $text);
fclose($fp);

?>

but i run another write script ...its able to write to the file...its when i add in the form
...it will just stare blankly at me ..AAARGGhh :p

nemonoman

Try deleting the file cache from your browser (Tools:Internet options😃elete files). Your browser may be caching and redisplaying text.txt.