A very simple CMS

Borior

Hey, I want to make a very simple CMS (Content Management System for those who haven't heard the acronym before) and I really don't have a clue where to start.

I want to be able to edit plain text files in say a textbox and then be able to click "save" and the contents of the text box written out to the file. I don't need sql, it's a very low content website.

I'm imagining the best way to do this is to read the file, output it into a text box, and on the click of the "save" button/link, output it back to the file ... now the last part seems like it's gonna be quite hard. If anyone has any ideas they would be most welcome 🙂

Thanks in advance

Derek

You mean writing the text in your textbox to the file? That wouldn't be difficult at all...just put:

fputs($filename, $text);

Or were you refering to something else?

evo4ever

For getting the data from the desired file into the HTML textarea:

<textarea name="content">

<?php
$pf = fopen($file, "r");

while(!feof($fp)){
$text = fgets($fp, 4048);
print $text;
}
?>

</textarea>

Saving the new data:

if(isset($_POST)){
$fp = fopen($file, "w");
$text = $_POST["content"];

if(fputs($fp, $text)){
print "Success";
}
else {
print "Failure";
}
}

Was that what you had in mind?

Borior

thats fine thanks ... one thing, how do i assign the second bit of php to, say, a button?

evo4ever

The part which saves the new data? Just put it at the top of your page source (somewhere above your <html> tag. Line 1 will do). A conditional checks whether if there is $_POST data available. If there is the script assumes that the user has pressed the submit button, then the script executes. Make sence?

PS: You may want to put some validation in your app. Preferably JS validation, checking for empty fields etc.

Borior

Thats cool, now how would i pass the filename in the url like http://somewhere.com/cms.php?file=index.php

evo4ever

Replace the first script (the one that gets the data into the form) with this:

<textarea>

<?php
if(isset($_GET["file"])){
$file = $_GET["file"];

$pf = fopen($file, "r");

while(!feof($fp)){
$text = fgets($fp, 4048);
print $text;
}
}
?>

</textarea>

🙂