Simple Blog, help please

SpecialFX

I am trying to make a simple blog so that when i type in it writes to a .txt file then ill have an ifram with then txt file but the problem is i cant get it to work, i cant get it to write to the text file.

here is the php code

<?php

$date = $HTTP_POST_VARS['date'];
$blog = $HTTP_POST_VARS['blog'];

$date = stripslashes($date);
$blog = stripslashes($blog);

$msg_body = "$date\n";
$msg_body .= "**************************************\n";
$msg_body .= "$blog\n";
$msg_body .= "**************************************\n";
$msg_body .= "Author: Brian \n";
$msg_body .= "\n\n";

$fp = fopen ('blog.txt', 'ab', true);

fwrite($fp, $msg_body);

fclose($fp);

and here is the html

<html>

</body>

</html>

If someone could take me under there wing and teach me please.
Or if you have Aol Instant Messanger, my screen name is "Pez Vendor"

etully

For starters, you are ending the <form> tag too early. Put the </form> tag after all the inputs including the submit button and the form reset button.

If you are still having a problem, please be specific about error messages or describe what's it's doing (or not doing) that you want it to do (or not do).

SpecialFX

alright fixed that but if you go to www.fallenskydesigns.com/blog/blogupdate.htm and you try to update it and then go to www.fallenskydesigns.com/blog/blog.txt nothing was written. And i switched the folder to chmod 777

bogu

Is this file "blog.txt" chmod-ed with 777?

SpecialFX

$fp = fopen ('blog.txt', 'ab', true); is that a php 5 line? because php 4 is all thats on my server now.

bogu

Is for php 3 too ....

It means that u open a file for appending binary into it and place the cursor at the end of the file ...

SpecialFX

I knew that i meant, that i didnt put the directory and i only wrote 'blog.txt' but i changed a bunch of things but it still doesnt properly write on the txt file.

here is the new php

<?php

$DOCUMENT_ROOT = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

$title = $HTTP_POST_VARS['title'];
$blog = $HTTP_POST_VARS['blog'];

$title = stripslashes($title);
$blog = stripslashes($blog);

$date = date('D jS F Y');

$msg_body .= "$title \n";
$msg_body .= "**************************************\n";
$msg_body .= "$blog \n";
$msg_body .= "**************************************\n";
$msg_body .= "$date \n";
$msg_body .= "\n\n";

$fp = fopen ('$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../blog/blog.txt', 'ab');

fwrite($fp, $msg_body);

fclose($fp);

echo '<p><center><font color ="FFFFFF">Your Blog entry, <strong>'.$title.'</strong> has been published. On '.$date.'.</font></center></p>';

?>
</body>
</html>

the problem is when it publishes it doesnt publish the title the blog or the date it only publishes the lines that say "**************************".

bogu

🙂

Man, how is your document root, I mean where is blog.php that write into blog.txt and where is blog.txt.

SpecialFX

blogupdate.htm , blog.php , blog.txt, are all in a folder called blog

bogu

then use it like this:
$fp = fopen ('blog.txt', 'ab', true);

Back to the first question, is your bolg.txt file attribute 777?

SpecialFX

yes it is

bogu

Optimize your script too ...

Check if the file exists and is writable first.

is_writable($filename)

When u open the file fopen it returns false in case of an error:

if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
    echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
    exit;
}

fwrite() it returns false in case it cant write into the file:

if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {
    echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
    exit;
}

This is just to help u debug your script ...

SpecialFX

so what else do i change on this

<?php

$title = $HTTP_POST_VARS['title'];
$blog = $HTTP_POST_VARS['blog'];

$title = stripslashes($title);
$blog = stripslashes($blog);

$date = date('D jS F Y');

$filename = 'blog.txt';

is_writable($filename)

$fp = fopen ('blog.txt', 'ab', true);

if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
exit;
}

fwrite($fp, $msg_body);

if (fwrite($fp, $msg_body) === FALSE) {
echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
exit;
}

fclose($fp);

echo '<p><center><font color ="FFFFFF">Your Blog entry, <strong>'.$title.'</strong> has been published.</font> <font color ="C43C46">On '.$date.'.</font></center></p>';

?>
</body>
</html>

bogu

🙂
That's not coding that's copy paste, sry but u need to put your head into it ...

Gl and HF coding ...

SpecialFX

Alright so i figured it out, anyway i can make it translate html like <br> and <font> and such?

etully

bogu is right - you need to put your head into it. Take a look at your code and figure out what each line does and ask yourself why it's double posting.

SpecialFX

anyone?

thorpe

Anyone what?

ClarkF1

It's to do with this section:

fwrite($fp, $msg_body);

if (fwrite($fp, $msg_body) === FALSE) {
echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
exit;
}

I would give you the answer, but it's better for you to learn

SpecialFX

Yeah i figured it out i took it out so it doesnt double post. anymore, it did before because it followed the fwrite command again.

Now i am working on making it so it can translate html, like myspace where you can type in different tages like <font> <br> etc. and it translates, anyone ever done this?