3 questions (2 are easy!)

[Spud_Nic]

Hi

3 questions:

1. wot does the @ sign in php code?
   i've seen it several times, but not sure what it does

2. what does the .= (dot equals) construction do?
   again, i've seen it before, but dont know wot it does

3. i am saving user comments to a text file then outputting them on another page.... problem is wen you use the return key and put line breaks in the <textarea> box, it screws up the php wen it reads from the text file!!!!!!!!!!!!
   i've seen the "$string = <<<HTML" type construction, but as i'm using an array, i'm not sure what to do? any suggestions?

cool.
cheers

[Zack]

what is your code for the user comments?

i worte a script doing the same thing yours is doing, but mine works fine. It may have something to do with your explode(), but you have to show the code...

[Spud_Nic]

here's the code which i'm using, so if you can help that'd be great!

[Muntjewerf]

ola,

1. I believe that @ means that errors will not be shown....not sure though..

2. I will give you an example for this one:

   <?
   $test = "blah blah";
   $test .= " bleh";
   echo "$test";
   ?>
   

   The output will be 'blah blah bleh' Get the picture?

[Zack]

i also need to see your text file...

[Spud_Nic]

the text file is just an empty plain text file... nothing special... and the data gets entered by the other php page.

although it's empty here it is anyway!

cheers

[Zack]

i know its a text file, but the problem could lie in your explode() function exploding by ',' and therefore causing a problem if someone's input includes a comma...