fwrite/open/read

[shortround4271]

i made a script that lets me add data to a .txt. i don't think i'm using the php part correctly

memberadd.php

<form method="GET">
Name: 
<input type="text" name="name"><br />
Aim: 
<input type="text" add value="Unavailable" name="aim"><br />
Email: 
<input type="text" add value="Unavailable" name="email"><br />
Color: 
<input type="text" name="color">
<input type="submit" value="Add">
</form>
<?php
if (isset($_GET['name']) && isset($_GET['aim']) && isset($_GET['email']) && isset($_GET['color']))){
$fp = fopen("members.txt", "w");
fwrite($fp, "<tr><td>
<font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['name']</td><td>
<font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['aim']</td><td>
<font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['email']</td></tr>"); 
?>

memberread.php

<?php
$data = fopen("members.txt", "r");
echo $data;
?>

members.php

<?php
include("membersread.php");
?>

[chrislive]

try this:

$content = "<tr><td><font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['name']</td><td><font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['aim']</td><td><font color=$_GET['color']>$_GET['email']</td></tr>";
fwrite($fp, $content);

I re-wrote your code how I would write it.. see how that goes... (i didnt test cause im in office...

<?php
if (isset($_GET['name']) && isset($_GET['aim']) && isset($_GET['email']) && isset($_GET['color']))){
$fp = fopen("members.txt", "w");
$content = "<tr><td><font color=$_POST['color']>$_POST['name']</td><td><font color=$_POST['color']>$_POST['aim']</td><td><font color=$_POST['color']>$_GET_POST'email']</td></tr>";
fwrite($fp, $content); 
}
?>

<FORM ACTION="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>" METHOD="POST" NAME="form">
Name: 
<input type="text" name="name"><br />
Aim: 
<input type="text" value="Unavailable" name="aim"><br />
Email: 
<input type="text" value="Unavailable" name="email"><br />
Color: 
<input type="text" name="color">
<input type="submit" value="Add">
</form>

also you can find many javscript color pickers 😉

also i wouldnt store the entire table details in the text file, i would say store using a seperator (such as | pipe) and then split and format as you like later. that way if you change your format no need to re-write your text file.

[halojoy]

chrislive
used fwrite "w" in his nice suggestion

if you want to add more and more to your members.txt
you can use fwrite or fputs with "a" or "ab"
means append or append binary
I prefer "ab" and "wb" because never change data.

<?php

if ( isset($_GET['name']) && isset($_GET['aim']) && isset($_GET['email']) && isset($_GET['color']) ){ 
$fp = fopen( "members.txt", "ab" ); 
$content = "<tr>
<td><font color={$_POST['color']}>{$_POST['name']}</td>
<td><font color={$_POST['color']}>{$_POST['aim']}</td>
<td><font color={$_POST['color']}>{$_GET_POST'email']}</td>
</tr>"; 
fwrite( $fp, $content );  

} 

?>

Links:
[man]fopen[/man] -> File Open Options, in fopen() function
[man]filesystem[/man] -> All Filesystem Functions in a list!

halojoy - at his own PHP Research Wiki

🙂