[RESOLVED] saving a variable as a html page

Vampirev

im trying to save a variable from a text area as a html page.

ie i have got an text input field requesting the name of a file you want to save as and the actualy data itself.

how do i go about saving the file?

cheers
vamps

planetsim

By using the file system functions specifically [man]fopen[/man] [man]fwrite[/man] [man]fclose[/man] also your question is sort of vague.

Vampirev

ok got a bit of it working...main part is as follows

if (isset($filename))
{
fwrite($filename, $body);
echo'<p class="formtextred">File has been saved</p>';
include("footer.php");
die;
}

the error i get says file does not exist.. so to that i ask..

how do i create the file if it doesnt exist?

cheers
vamps

planetsim

You need to use fopen to create the file take a look at the manual page I gave you for it. Once the data is written you should then use fclose($fp); which I also linked to the manual page so that the file is closed (although it will be closed after the script executes php will not always guarentee it will).