Re: php to store data

From: Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 23:23:01 +0000
Subject: Re: php to store data
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On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 17:55 +1000, sir wally lewis wrote: > I am a complete novice at php. > My internet service provider gives me webspace and PHP script execution > for free. > > I would like a simple example of a website that stores data on the > server, in simple text files. > > Is this possible? > > Kind Regards, > > Robert > If you're storing data, try to use a database, as you can do a lot more with a DB than you can with flat text files on the server, and it's much faster. However, if you're stuck with text files, then look at things like fopen, fwrite and file_get_contents functions, as these should help a lot. -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

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