2 questions for ya

[djdaz]

Hi
Firstly, i wondered how you make a script write to a file in a different directory, i have the script all set up, and it works when printing to a file in the same directorey, however i want to move the file.
ie
the script is /scripts/mods.php
and the directory for the file is
/logs/mod.log.
How would i go about doing this.

Secondly how can i open a file, and then display its contents in a <textarea> so that you can see the html and stuff?

Thanks

[laserlight]

well, you'll basically have to iron out the paths of the directories.

you could try things like
../logs/mod.log

but it is really hard to say.

for opening a file and displaying its contents, a simple method would be:

<?php
$fp = fopen($filename, "r");
OR die("Could not open '" . $filename . "' for reading!");
$contents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));
fclose($fp);
echo '<textarea name="file_contents" rows="6" cols="60">'
echo htmlspecialchars($contents);
echo '</textarea>';
?>

[FoxhoundX]

edit - Awww, laserlight beat me by less then a minute 😛

1. Could you not just use ../logs/mod.log (../ Indicates moving up one directory)

<?php
$filename = "../logs/mod.log";
$handle = fopen($fileword, "w+");
$old_content = fread($handle, filesize ($fileword));
$handle = null;
$handle2 = fopen($fileword, "w+");
$finalwrite = fwrite($handle2, $info);
$handle2 = null;
?>

2. Use...

   <?php 
   $adminedit = 'log.log'; //Opens the file 
   $fp = fopen($adminedit, "r");  
   
   $text = fread($fp, filesize($adminedit)); 
   fclose($fp); 
   $text = htmlspecialchars($text); //Makes it HMTLish
   ?> 
   <form method="post" action="savechange.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"> 
   <textarea name="editpic" cols="100" rows="50"> //Opens Text Area
   <?php 
   echo $text; //Puts the $text into the Textarea
   ?>
   </textarea> 
   </form> 
   
   

   
   
   Hope this helps 🙂