Form promblems - How to clear formresults

kekke

Hi!

I am in real need of help!

When visitors have filled out a form on the website the result is sent to a .txt-file.

Is it possible to clear/delete the formresults in the textfile without accessing the file through FTP. Can I clear the results "online"?

Somebody please help me! 🙁

Thanks!

barand

You can delete the file when you've finished with with [man]unlink[/man]

kekke

Hi!

I do not want to delete the file itself...just clear it from content, make it empty. Kind of resetting the file.

Thanks anyway!

More ideas?

barand

See this

kekke

Hi again!

I want the file to be cleared manually, for example when i click on a button or something...is this possible??

barand

Yes. Put the code

$fp = fopen("$file", "w");    // open file for write
fputs($fp,'');                            // write empty string
fclose($fp);

in a script that gets called when you click on a button or something

hth

kekke

Shall i put the code into the formresultsfile? Or do i need to make a php-page with this code that calls for the resultspage?

I a real newbie in php...

Maybe worth mentioning is that i use a phpscript called Phorm JR!

barand

I.ve attached a php page that should do it for you

Rename it to remove the .txt from the end.

Call the page when you want to clear the file.

hth

kekke

You are a god!

One prob though...i get an error message:

"Parse error: parse error in ../test/test/clearfile.phtml on line 12"

barand

Just a mere mortal 😉

I forgot the ; at the end of the line

kekke

Hi!

Better but...error in URL when i clicked the button:

http://www.../test/test/<?clearbutton=Clear+results+file

barand

Looks like <?=$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?> did not work.

May be the short tags and the '=' so try

<php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] ?>.

If that doesn't do it, hard code the name of this script instead

<form action="clearfile.phtml" ......

hth

kekke

Thanks for all the help Barand! 😃

You rock!

kekke

Damn! Have tried different codes but obviously i´m not that good in coding!

Anyone know how to continue this:

"<form action="clearfile.phtml""

...i don´t have a clue! 🙁

barand

hth

kekke

Nothing happens...

Now i do get to the textfile when i puch the button but nothing happens to the file when it is supposed to clear the content.

<?php

if ($_GET['clearbutton']) {
$file = "http://www..se/test/registreringar.txt"; // edit this line to give correct path and filename
$fp = fopen("$file", "w");
if ($fp) {
fputs($fp,'');
fclose($fp);
exit ("Your text file has been cleared");
} else {
exit ("Error opening file");
}
}
?>
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Clear results</title>
<meta name="Author" content="Barry Andrew">
<meta name="Generator" content="AceHTML 4 Pro">
</head>
<body>
<h3>Clear Form results file</h3><hr color="#0000ff">
<form action="http://www..se/test/registreringar.txt" method="get">
<input type="submit" name="clearbutton" value="Clear results file">

</form>

</body>
</html>

barand

The form action, 5 lines from the end, needs to be THE SAME NAME as this script, so that it calls itself.

That's why I put that name in my 2 previous posts.:rolleyes:

kekke

ok...I saw that. But it just won´t work! I have tried every possible combination without any luck!

Maybe it is´nt supposed to be...

Thanks anyway Barand, you have helped me alot! 😃
you´re the king!

barand

Try putting the drive path instead of a url in second line

eg
$file = "c:/..../test/registreringar.txt"; // edit this line to give correct path and filename

or (if linux)

$file = "/home/..../test/registreringar.txt"; // edit this line to give correct path and filename

hth

kekke

Did not work!