Re: writing to files

It's all about syntax. Here's an example that is similar yet different. First, let's define our string : <?php $string = "$firstname : $lastname\n\n"; if ($type == 'hero') { $string .= "\tSUPER HERO\n"; } else { $string .= "\tAverage Human\n"; } ?> Now is a good time to learn about using strings in PHP. A couple useful resources are as follows : http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/using-strings.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php Next, let's open and write our string to a file : <?php $filename = 'file.txt'; $fp = fopen($filename,'w'); if ($fp) { fwrite($fp,$string); fclose($fp); } else { echo "Unable to open file : $filename : for writing."; exit; } echo "Success! $filename now contains the following : <br>"; echo "<pre>$string</pre>"; ?> Be sure to read about fopen() in the manual. Knowing about the different 'modes' is good, the above uses 'a' for appending purposes. See : http://www.php.net/fopen Hope that helps. Could probably use more error checking but who's counting :) Regards, Philip Olson On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Adam Jackson wrote: > Hello, > > I am fairly new to php, but would like to write my outputs to a file here is > what I have so far..... but it writes things like "else" and "if" to the > filename as well. > > <? > $file = samplefile; > $fd = fopen($file, "w"); > fwrite($fd, " \n > #<?=$site_user?> - <?=$mailbox_id?> - <?=$mailbox_name?><br> > <?=$mailbox_main_email?>> <?=$mailbox_id?><br> > <? > if($alias1 == NULL) > { > print("#"); > } > else > { > ?> > <?=$mailbox_alias1?>@<?=$web_address?> <?=$mailbox_id?> > <? > } > ? > > and this displays text like > > # blah.com - blah-mail - blahmail.com > blah@blah.com blah-mail > > etc etc > > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > -Adam > > > -- > 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 >