Help - Saving data to flatfile database

hi all

hope someone can help with this as im totally head mashed & need a new perspective

Basically i have creating a php pm system that works great

Now in the admin CP i have an option to clean data which includes pms

all data is stored in flatfiles as i dont have sql and this script is designed for others like me.

all messages are stored in files like this for example:

pmd-Username.dat

inside this each pm is stored like this line by line:

pmcode|date|from|subject|message|status

the status part tells us if the message is 'read' or 'new'

i have got my script to seperate 'read' messages & 'new' messages

so i now have three possible options for the clean option in the admin CP

1. Clean - Read Messages
2. Clean - New Messages
3. Clean - All Messages

option 3 is done - no probs!!

the problem is option 1 or 2 - I know if i get one of them then the other is gonna be the same.

this is the code im having trouble with

if ($pm == "cleanold")
{
$dir = opendir("$pmdir"); $c = 0;   //assign & open the dir for stored user pms
while ($file = readdir($dir))           // loop through to collect all files
{
$c = $c + 1;
if ($c < 3) { continue; }
$file = explode("-", $file);            
if ($file[0] == "pmd")
{
$pmfile = "$pmdir/pmd-{$file[1]}";
$hnd = file($pmfile);
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($hnd); $x++)  // Open all files that start with pmd
{
list($id, $smdate, $sfrom, $ssub, $smess, $status) = explode('|', trim($hnd[$x])); 

$status = trim($status);          // Make sure we are not processing blank data

if ($status == "new")              // Start seperation 'new' else 'read'
{
$ndata[] = $file[1]."|".$id."|".$smdate."|".$sfrom."|".$ssub."|".$smess."|".$status;
}
else
{
$rdata[] = $file[1]."|".$id."|".$smdate."|".$sfrom."|".$ssub."|".$smess."|".$status;
}
}
}
}
include ("done.htm"); exit();
}

PHP:

this code works and is the building block for what i need help with, sorry if im goin on lol its hard to explain :wink:

now i have my 'new' & 'read' data, as this code is ''cleanold'' i only want to save $ndata

this is where im lost as i need to make sure i save the right messages back to the right users

note the following code

$ndata[] = $file[1]."|".$id."|".$smdate."|".$sfrom."|".$ssub."|".$smess."|".$status;
}
else
{
$rdata[] = $file[1]."|".$id."|".$smdate."|".$sfrom."|".$ssub."|".$smess."|".$status;

PHP:

i have already saved the username in $file[1] which = 'username.dat'

i keep looking at it and i see it lookin at me but i just can get it

any help would be much appreciated

I hope you find this easy to read

ta

-::BlAzE::-

 

Try this (from 19):
...

if ($status == "new")              // Start seperation 'new' else 'read'
{
$ndata[] = trim($hnd[$x]);
}
else
{
$rdata[] = trim($hnd[$x]);
}
} // end of for

$userf=fopen($pmfile,'w');
 if (we want to save ndata)
  foreach ($ndata as $key=>$val)
   fputs($userf,$val."\n");
 else 
  foreach ($rdata as $key=>$val)
   fputs($userf,$val."\n");
fclose($userf);

} // end of if file
} // end of while
include ("done.htm"); exit();
}

PHP:

 

hi vdd

thanks but the code does not do what i want.

all new messages for ALL users have been saved in this...

$ndata[] = $file[1]."|".$id."|".$smdate."|".$sfrom."|".$ssub."|".$smess."|".$status;

PHP:

no to save it back i need to somehow put each user ($file[1]) in its own array along with there messages otherwise everone will end up with the same messages

 

Yeah, you are right. I haver not tested this code, and it contains 1 error.
After this line:

$pmfile = "$pmdir/pmd-{$file[1]}";

PHP:

Put this code:

$ndata=Array();
$rdata=Array();

PHP:

Sorry for mistake.