[RESOLVED] Creating a file on server?

[nickminute]

I found this script online. Can I only pass plain text to my new files? Or can I pass PHP script as well? If not through this script, are there other methods possible with PHP where I would be able to create files on my server with more advanced features? Thanks.

<?php
$filename = 'test.php';
$Content = "Add this to the file\r\n";

echo "open";
$handle = fopen($filename, 'x+');
echo " write";
fwrite($handle, $Content);
echo " close";
fclose($handle);

/*
if($handle = fopen($filename, 'a')){
if(is_writable($filename)){
if(fwrite($handle, $content) === FALSE){
echo "Cannot write to file $filename";
exit;
}
echo "The file $filename was created and written successfully!";
fclose($handle);
}
else{
echo "The file $filename, could not written to!";
exit;
}
}
else{
echo "The file $filename, could not be created!";
exit;
}*/
?>

[bradgrafelman]

nickminute wrote:

Can I only pass plain text to my new files? Or can I pass PHP script as well?

Both, since the two are identical. A PHP script is just a plain text file that is loaded by the PHP interpeter.

nickminute wrote:

are there other methods possible with PHP where I would be able to create files on my server with more advanced features?

The answer is: most likely, yes. What type of "advanced features" are you referring to?

[nickminute]

I guess what I'm asking is how to create the pages in PHP and then pass them to the $Content variable. Is this the best way to go about doing this. I just want to be able to get the PHP code in this script to work/create. Here is just a simple example.

<?php 
$filename = 'test.php'; 
$Content = 

echo "<strong>Bolded Text</strong>"; 

echo "open"; 
$handle = fopen($filename, 'x+'); 
echo " write"; 
fwrite($handle, $Content); 
echo " close"; 
fclose($handle); 

/* 
if($handle = fopen($filename, 'a')){ 
if(is_writable($filename)){ 
if(fwrite($handle, $content) === FALSE){ 
echo "Cannot write to file $filename"; 
exit; 
} 
echo "The file $filename was created and written successfully!"; 
fclose($handle); 
} 
else{ 
echo "The file $filename, could not written to!"; 
exit; 
} 
} 
else{ 
echo "The file $filename, could not be created!"; 
exit; 
}*/ 
?> 

[bradgrafelman]

Just put whatever text you want inside a string and write it...

<?php
$content = "<?php
echo 'This is PHP code!';
?>";

// write $content to file
?>

[nickminute]

worked like a charm! thanks again!