web based text editor

benjy

if i have a txt file how do i get php to call on that file and allow to be edited by a user. so when the page loads is comes up with a text box that has whatever is in the text file in it? then the user can edit and save that file with whatever he/she has typed in, in the txt file

JDcrack

You are going to want read up on PHP filesystem functions
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

Most noteably:
fopen()
fwrite()

benjy

ummm
thats not exactly what i mean. ummm i know how to use fopen and fwrite.
but say i have a html file

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p>hello</p>
</body>
</html>

now this file is called umm index.html. NOW what i want to be able to do is get php to gather this code and put it in a <textarea> so a user can psyically type lines into it then save it. like an online version of notepad that edits files on a server

sn0n

even thou ima newbie also.. i did this yesterday. so here ya go

that should get ya start'd ;-)

g'luck

benjy

ummm ok so how does php know where the file is?

sn0n

Originally posted by JDcrack
You are going to want read up on PHP filesystem functions
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

Most noteably:
fopen()
fwrite()

^{-^{-^{--^{---^-----}}}} im not going to hold your hand, but he's leading you in the right direction.

you dont learn anything by having everything handed to you.

JDcrack

Here is a pre-written script that does exactly what you want.
Maybe you just want to use the script as-is,

But you can also take a look at the source code and see how they did it 🙂
http://www.digisoft77.com/solutions/e.php?sID=20

ummm ok so how does php know where the file is?

You will find your answer here:
PHP Manual: fopen()
When you use fopen(), you are effectively telling php where the file is:

<?php
$handle = fopen ("/home/rasmus/file.txt", "r");
$handle = fopen ("/home/rasmus/file.gif", "wb");
$handle = fopen ("http://www.example.com/", "r");
?>

statrat

there are dozens of free web based file editors on hotscripts.com, scriptsearch.com, etc.

there are even some on this site in the code snippets.