Html form to php script losing variables (not what you think)

[PT_Dave]

Hi all,

I know enough to be dangerous, but not enough to figure this out without some help.

I have a form which posts to a php script and writes a file with user data to the server and it works fine if I include the entire text of the html confirmation page in the write() function.

Problem is, I have lots and lots of if...elses and I don't want my script to be a mile and a half long when it doesn't have to be.

What I would like to do, is have the html confirmation page, which is the same every time, but needs to accept variables, be a separate file that gets read into the script and ultimately written to the new file called with the write() function.

I'm including a snippet of code, since I'm sure that I'm not wording what I need to happen clearly enough.

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Here's what I'm trying, but loses the user's post data somewhere...

If I replace "$regpagetext" in the write() function with the actual html text of the confirmation page everything works fine and I have no data loss. Help?

//Fair Play Soccer Levels 1 and 2
elseif ($progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S101)" or $progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S102)"
or $progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S103)" or $progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S201)" or
$progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S202)" or $progName=="Fair Play for Kids Soccer (#S203)")
{
$datestamp = date("mdYhis"); //sets unique filename based on date and time
$bodyDate = date("m d Y h:i:s"); //sets date for inclusion in the body
$newfile = fopen("../mydirectory/registrations/$datestamp.html","w+"); //creates and opens a new file on the server
$billTotal = 50;
$regpagetext = readfile("../inc/registration.inc","a");

fwrite($newfile,$regpagetext);

fclose($newfile);
}

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THANK YOU!

[Kudose]

Try this and let me know the errors.

<?php
//Fair Play Soccer Levels 1 and 2
$allowedGame = "Fair Play for Kids Soccer ";
$allowedType = array($allowedGame."(#S101)", $allowedGame."(#S102)", $allowedGame."(#S103)", $allowedGame."(#S104)", $allowedGame."(#S201)", $allowedGame."(#S202)", $allowedGame."(#S203)");
//I am sure there are better ways to write the above line, but it's just an idea...
elseif (in_array($progName, $allowedType))
{
$datestamp = date("mdYhis"); //sets unique filename based on date and time
$bodyDate = date("m d Y h:i:s"); //sets date for inclusion in the body
$newfile = fopen("../mydirectory/registrations/$datestamp.html","w"); //creates and opens a new file on the server
$billTotal = 50;
$regpagetext = readfile("../inc/registration.inc","r");
if($regpagetext){
	if(!fwrite($newfile,$regpagetext)){
		echo "Error: Could not write to new file.";
	}	
} else {
	echo "Error: Could not read registration.inc.";
	exit;
}
fclose($newfile);
} 
?>

[PT_Dave]

I didn't get any errors. It outputted the file , but instead of having any actual content written to the file, all I got was "8546".

Would it help if I send you the entire script so you can see what's what?

[Kudose]

Yeah, I will test it out on my server. Email it to me along with some background on it.

-Travis

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