Re: php to store data

On May 2, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:

On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 20:35 -0400, Bastien wrote:

On 2011-05-02, at 8:21 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:

On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 09:36 +1000, Sir Wally Lewis wrote:

I did not get access to any database system on the ISP's end. I could get access to MySQL for $$$. Initially I just want to test everything works with storing to simple text files. After that has happenned. And if the requirement grows. Then spending $$$ is feasable. As I said I am just a novice. So I want to get something small going. Kind Regards, Robert. "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote in message news:1304378581.1242.17.camel@localhost.localdomain...

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

Look into the functions I mentioned, they have enough examples on the php.net man pages to get you to a point where you can put some code together to do what you need. --Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

You might want to google flat file databases. There are systems that already do this. Bastien Koert

He didn't say he necessarily wanted database-like functionality, just that he wanted to be able to store data in text files. This could be something as simple as a log, or basic CMS that generates the HTML pages that make up a website.

SQLite, anyone? That aside, learning how to deal with flat file databases on your own is not a bad idea at all. It's an excellent learning exercise.