Write to XML file from HTML Form

[buildakicker]

Hello,

I would like to write to an XML file from a HTML form. I am not having any luck doing it like you would a text file, I don't have PHP5, and am not really sure where to start on it.

Any ideas?

Here is what I have done:

if (!empty($_POST['submit'])) {
	$name = trim($_POST['name']);
	$date = trim($_POST['date']);
	$bid = trim($_POST['bid']);

$fp=fopen("timber_sales.xml","wa");//append to the file
	fwrite($fp,"<sale>" . "<name>". $name . "</name>" . "<date>" . $date . "</date>" . "<bid> ". $bid . "</bid>" . "</sale>" . "\n");

fclose($fp);
}

but that cannot be right. I looked into SimpleXML, but that is PHP5, DOM too... AHHH!

thanks!

[NogDog]

How about something along this line (untested, so be ready for errors!):

if (!empty($_POST['submit'])) {
    $xmlData = file_get_contents("timber_sales.xml") or die("XML file not found");
    $name = trim($_POST['name']);
    $date = trim($_POST['date']);
    $bid = trim($_POST['bid']);
    $thisRecord = <<<EOD
<sale>
  <name>$name</name>
  <date>$date</date>
  <bid>$bid</bid>
</sale>
EOD;

$xmlData = preg_replace('#</timbersales>$#', $thisRecord.'</timbersales>', $xmlData);
$fh = fopen("timber_sales.xml", 'w') or die("Unable to open XML file for writing");
fwrite($fh, $xmlData);
fclose($fh);
}

I don't know what your root XML element is, so I used "timbersales" in the above example, replace it with whatever would be applicable.