Re: Generating Order Number

Creating the order number is a piece of cake, storing the previous one is a little more involved, but not hard. There are a number of ways to store the info in a file and retrieve it later. The shortest code-wise is: $order_number = cat /dir/order_number.txt; // Read in the current order number echo $order_number; // Use the order number, echo it out, mail it, whatever $order_number++; // Increment the order number echo $order_number > /dir/order_number.txt; // Save the incremented order number Note that you would have to initially create order_number.txt with the proper permissions and the beginning order number without a newline. This also assumes you are on a unix OS. There are far more complicated ways to do this which involve safety features such as file locking, etc, but this would work on a low traffic site. See http://www.php.net/manual/language.operators.execution.php for an overview of execution operators such as $results = command; See http://www.php.net/manual/ref.filesystem.php for an overview of handling files. Hope that helps, Brian > Hi, > > Anyone know how to create an Order Number without using a database (the > client doesn`t want a database) What I have at the moment is a basic order > page, user fills in his details selects a product and clicks submit, then he > is directed to a thank you page which shows him his order number and a > telephone number. But I have no idea how to create them. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > Ade > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net