Write Directly to a CSV File

darkdestroyer

Hi All,

I have managed to write some script that writes the contents of text fields to a CSV file. I now want to write directly to a CSV File, the idea is to send info from my phone directly to a PHP script

i.e. www.mywebpage.com/test.php

Where test.php will automatically process the info and append it to the end of the CSV file, I know how to do this via a Submit button but can someone point me in the right direction as to how to do this by sending the info directly to the url?

Thanks in advance

johanafm

query string: ?whatever=you+want&and=then+some

jay6390

Couldn't you make a simple form you could use on your phone? Most phones have this capability these days. You could also go down the route of WAP if needs be although I wouldn't recommend it

darkdestroyer

Hi guys,

Thanks for the reply, i cant do a form on the phone, the app has already been written its just I have to direct the content somewhere. And for testing purposes I just want to insert each new peice of info into the csv file.

johan, do you happen to have any sample code?

Thanks,
Paul

johanafm

Sample "code":
Entering the following into the address bar of your browser

http://www.mywebpage.com/test.php?name=value&name2=value2&name3=value3

or clicking a link such as

<a href="http://www.mywebpage.com/test.php?name=value&name2=value2&name3=value3">link</a>

or sending a form such as

<form method="get" action="http://example.com/someresource">
	<input name="this" value="is the query string" />
	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"
</form>

A request for
http://example.com/somresource?this=is+the+query+string
means the query string ends up as element key => value pairs in PHP's $GET array:
$GET['this'] === 'is the query string'

Just like a post request with the following ends up as key => value pairs in the $POST array

<form method="post" action="http://example.com/someresource">
	<input name="this" value="is not the query string" />
	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"
</form>

$_GET['post'] === 'is not the query string'

As long as your app requests the resource over http the query string will work (at least unless you have an excessive amount data). If you don't like it, the other way is a post request, which doesn't necessarily require a form either. Your app could create a post request on its own as well.