I am just starting to get into PHP and I have written my first script. What this script does is it takes 2 entries from a user (first and last name) and creates a file on the server with that first and last name. Also, the script checks whether or not a file with that name already exists. My problem is, the script always says "This name already has a file" no matter what now. Any help would be appreciated! <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title> PHP TEST </title> </head> <body> <div> <form method="post" action="<?php print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>"> <p> Type your first name here: <input type="text" name="fname" /> <br/> Type your last name here: <input type="text" name="lname" /> </p> <input type="submit" action="submit" /> </form> <?php ini_set('display_errors', 0); $filename = "$_POST[fname].$_POST[lname]"; $fo = fopen( $filename, "w"); fwrite( $fo, "First Name : \n"); fwrite( $fo, "$_POST[fname] \n" ); fwrite( $fo, "Last Name : \n"); fwrite( $fo, "$_POST[lname]" ); fclose( $fo ); if (file_exists($filename)) { print "This name already has a file"; } else { print "Your file is now complete :D"; } ?> </div> </body> </html> PHP:
You need to check to see if the form data has been posted. When you load the script, the filename is "." which technically always exists.