taking information from a text box and putting it in a file

[giaCo]

Hi there,

I am currently trying to develop a website. It needs to have parsing functionality so that a user can copy and paste a BibTex file into a text box and then a php function would parse that text and put the appropiate fields into a database. The problem is that the function i have requires a file as input, is it possible to take info from a text box and put it into a file???

Any help would be hugely appreciated!!!

Thanks,

[lmayer4]

No. It's not impossible. I do it to take a CSV from a handheld device parse it out and put it into SQL.

I've attached the file I use to get the data as an upload but you should be able to adjust it to meet your needs.

Laura

[giaCo]

Thanks a million Laura, really appreciate the help!