help with filewriting

DXL

for some reason, this will never work:

//Writing File
fwrite( $filep, "<html>\n
<head><title>Kim's Jewelry Shop=ID:$id</title></head>\n\n
<body>\n
<?php
include(\"mysql.txt\");
print(\"<h2 align=\\"center\\">\");
mysql_query( \"SELECT name FROM product WHERE id='$id'\", $link ) or DIE(\"Error on page. Could be a server problem.\");
print(\"</h2>\");
print(\" \");
?>
</body>\n
</html>" )
or DIE("ERROR--Could Not Write To File ");

it is used to create another page for a website, since my mom wants me to make a site where she can sell her jewelry

for some reason, it just doesnt wanna work. help?

DXL

will ANY1 help me at all?

Drakla

It looks absolutely fine - have you checked your fopen returns a valid file pointer.

What error message are you getting?

Do you have write permission for the directory you're writing in?

Need input, Stephanie.

DXL

well, ive been working on it, and it now says this(im going to show all):

<html>
<head><title>Kim's Jewelry Shop=ADD Listing</title></head>
<body>

<?php
$id = mt_rand(1001, 1000000);
import_request_variables( "g", "v" );

include("mysql.txt");

###########Check to See user input exists##############################
if ( empty( $vaddname ) ) {
DIE("ERROR--No input in \"Name\" field 
Click <a href=\"update.php\">here</a> to go back "); }
if ( empty( $vaddcost ) ) {
DIE("ERROR--No input in \"Cost\" field 
Click <a href=\"update.php\">here</a> to go back "); }
if ( empty( $vadddesc ) ) {
DIE("ERROR--No input in \"Description\" field 
Click <a href=\"update.php\">here</a> to go back "); }
if ( empty( $vaddpic ) ) {
DIE("ERROR--No input in \"Picture\" field 
Click <a href=\"update.php\">here</a> to go back "); }

###########Add to MySQL################################################
$sql = "INSERT INTO product ( name, picture, cost, desc, SOLD, iD )
values ( '$vaddname', '$vaddpic', '$vaddcost', '$vadddesc', 'n', $id )";

mysql_query( $sql, $link ) or DIE("ERROR--Could not insert data into table");

###########Message Show on Screen######################################
print("Now creating page... ");
print("Item name is $vaddname ");
print("Item price is \$$vaddcost ");
print("Description is $vadddesc ");

print("To visit newest listing, click <a href=\"$id.php\">here</a> ");
print("To return to the updates, click <a href=\"update.php\">here</a> ");
print("To access the stock menu, click <a href=\"stock.php\">here</a> ");

###########Writing to file#############################################
//Create File
touch( "$id.php" ) or DIE("ERROR--Could Not Create File ");

//Open File
$filep = fopen( "$id.php", "w" ) or DIE("ERROR--Could Not Open File ");

//Lock File NOT NEEDED

//Unlock File NOT NEEDED

//Close File
fclose( $filep ) or DIE("ERROR--Could Not Close File ");

mysql_close;

</body>
</html>

for some reason, it always says that it cant add the data into the table...

i think the original error for the file write was something about an invalid T_STRING when writing to file, but it actually made the file, but it was blank