[RESOLVED] Form to create delimited text file

KnightWolfJK

Can anyone point me to an example or tutorial on creating a PHP form that will create a delimited txt file and place it in /folderX?

For example, filling out the form would create file.txt that would look like:

category_one|category_two|category_three

I need to support spaces and puncuation in some fields.

Thanks in advance

pyfsapple

It is a very easy work and need not to see example nor tutorial.

Maybe I give you some hints:

$delimiter = "|";  //or something more complex, like !@#$%^
...
$field[0] = "abc";  //got input
$field[1] = "def";
...
$output = implode($delimiter, $field);
...
...  //and then write to file, by using something like fopen() and fwrite(), but you must ensure that the permission is right

Use of the functions: http://php.net
Got it?

KnightWolfJK

I pretty much have the file writing part down... and passing the variable from the form... I'm stuck on combining the form variable with the delimiter, though.

I have

$field1 = $HTTP_POST_VARS['text'];
$delimiter = "|";
$handle = fopen ("file.txt", "w");
$output = implode($delimiter, $field1);
fwrite($handle, $output);
fclose($handle);

and I'm getting Bad arguments to implode().

I checked php.net/implode, seems like I'm doing it right. Obviously not though, eh?

KnightWolfJK

Took me a second to catch on to the array... It's working with:

$field[1] = $HTTP_POST_VARS['text'];
$field[2] = $HTTP_POST_VARS['text2'];
$delimiter = "|";
$handle = fopen ("file.txt", "w");
$output = implode($delimiter, $field);
fwrite($handle, $output);
fclose($handle);

Thanks for your help