Working with flat files

MueR

Hi,

I'm new to PHP. Read two books about it, but they didn't really cover what I'm trying to write.

I have written a small script (http://www.planiamud.org/html/), and I would like to be able to edit several posts via an admin page. I would like to be able to change the status of the post for example (Done or Not Done).

All the posts are stored in a flat textfile, one line per post, and data is separated by tabs. Is there any easy way to select a post, load all that post's data in separate fields (a textbox for the post's name, a checkbox for the status etc), and edit it?

Thanks,

Muer

dalecosp

Here's a start:

echo "<form action=\"thispage.php\" method=post>";

$file="mydata.txt";
$fp=fopen($file, 'r');
$lines=file($file);   // grab all lines into an array
               // each element is one line....

// now loop through the lines, separate the datafields
// and print the form

while ($x<count($lines)) {
      $data=explode("\t", $lines[$x]);
 // $data array is an array of each entry in the line
 // as separated by your tabs

// this next would depend on the format of the line
      $post_num=$data[0]; // if first entry
      $post_name=$data[1]; // if 2nd, etc.
      $post_text=$data[2];

echo "<table><tr><td>";
echo "<input type=text name=post_num>$post_num</td>";
echo "<td><input type=text name=post_name>$post_name</td>";
// and so on....
}

MueR

Indeed..
But how to store it in the file?

pjleonhardt

fputs() ?

dalecosp

I'd prefer [man]fwrite[/man] myself, but it's largely a matter of what I've grown comfy with since learning PHP.....

pjleonhardt

same.....thing......?

dalecosp

Originally posted by pjleonhardt
same.....thing......?

Nah; they're obvious spelled differently. :p

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