Re: Blah I'm Stupid

ok here's the script i have, and i keep getting errors <? $fp = fopen("file.txt", "w"); $fp = fputs("file.txt", "<a href=\"$url\">$text</a><br>", "r+"); $fp = fclose("file.txt"); echo "<form method=\"post\" action=\"$fp\">"; echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"url\" size=\"20\" value=\"http://\">"; echo "<input type=\"text\" name=\"text\" size=\"20\">"; echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Generate New Link\">"; echo "</form>"; ?> what's wrong with it. it says it's with the fputs and fclose things. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Robley" <huntsman@www.nisu.flinders.edu.au> To: "chris herring" <chrisherring@subdimension.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Blah I'm Stupid > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 14:31, chris herring wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Robley" <huntsman@www.nisu.flinders.edu.au> > > To: "chris herring" <chrisherring@subdimension.com>; > > <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Blah I'm Stupid > > > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:44, chris herring wrote: > > > > > I got a question here. How would you go about calling variables > > > > > from a > > > > > > > > form. I'm sure this is super-easy, but I'm a newbie. Any help would > > > > be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Just prefix the form object names with $ > > > > > > Say you have a text box set up like so: > > > > > > <FORM ACTION=check.php METHOD=GET> > > > <input type="text" name="avail" value=""> > > > <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT> > > > </FORM> > > > > > > and in check.php > > > > > > <?php echo $avail; ?> > > > > > > will show the value entered in the text box > > > how would you go about writing that data do a text file then? > > File system functions. fopen the file you want to put the data in, fwrite > the values from the variable(s) to the file and fclose the file at the > end of the process. > > Note the ways you can open a file with fopen; and be aware of file > permission problems because this is done as the user the web server runs > as (*nix, dunno about windows). > > -- > David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin > RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | > http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ > AusEinet | > http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ > Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA