PHP form to Flat File

Hi all,

I'm working with a simple php flat file here - can't use mySql at work....

Anyway, I am half asleep here, but have toyed around with it for the past few minutes. Can someone please show me how to write/append and read a table of info into a text file?

EG

table
row 1 Data1 Data2
row 2 Data2 Data2
row 3 Data3 Data3

I need the data to be represented in a viewing php page in <td> tags.....

As I say I'm extremely tired so I hope I made sense..

I'm trying to allow a user to update a table when necessary using a form with various <input> fields..

Thanks all - anyone need CSS help, I'm your man!

 

just write the results from the form like this

$fileContent = $_POST['field1'] . "%#%" . $_POST['field2'] . "%#%" . $_POST['field3'];

and so on till you have 1 string with all your data seperated by a unique seperator

then write the file by saying

file_put_contents("filename.txt",$fileContent);

you can make a unique name for each file with, for example, their first name?

then, when loading the files with php, just use the explode function, and explode at each %#% or whatever you seperated your data with, and your form data will be in an array.

tada!

 

Heh crath,

thanks for the reply buddy, appreciate that. I have tried this and its working nicely..... however I have another quick question. How can I have it that if status = BOOKED that the font for status ONLY is in red? How can I put an if statement for that in here somehow?

<?php
  $saving = $_REQUEST['saving'];
  if ($saving == 1) { 
    $data = '<table width=300 bgcolor=silver><tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom1'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto1'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status1'] .'</td><td>'. 

$_POST['price1'] . '</td></tr>'
 . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom2'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto2'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status2'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['price2'] . '</td></tr>'
 . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom3'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto3'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status3'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['price3'] . '</td></tr>'
 . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom4'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto4'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status4'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['price4'] . '</td></tr>'
 . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom5'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto5'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status5'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['price5'] . '</td></tr></table>';
	$file = "test.txt"; 
 
    $fp = fopen($file, "w") or die("Couldn't open $file for writing!"); 
    fwrite($fp, $data) or die("Couldn't write values to file!"); 
 
    fclose($fp); 
    echo "Saved to $file successfully!";
  }
?>

PHP:

 

Add the code below under "if ($saving == 1) {"

for($i=0;$i<5;$i++){
	if($_POST['status'.$i]=="booked"){
		$booked[$i] = "style='color:red';
	} else {
		$booked[$i] = "";
	}
}

PHP:

Then just replace each

'<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom#']

PHP:

with

"<tr><td $booked[#]>" . $_POST['datefrom#']

PHP:

and in that part, besure to replace each # with that number (eg 1-5, whichever row your on)

 

Excellent, thanks again.

 

Actually...... I tried this:

<?php 

$saving = $_REQUEST['saving']; 
if ($saving == 1) {     

for($i=0;$i<5;$i++){
    if($_POST['status'.$i]=="booked"){
        $booked[$i] = "style='color:red';
    } else {
        $booked[$i] = "";
    }
} 
$data = "<table width=300 bgcolor=silver><tr><td $booked[1]>" . $_POST['datefrom1'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto1'] .'</td><td>'. color($_POST['status1']) 

.'</td><td>'. $_POST['price1'] . '</td></tr>' . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom2'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto2'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status2'] 

.'</td><td>'. $_POST['price2'] . '</td></tr>' . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom3'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto3'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status3'] 

.'</td><td>'. $_POST['price3'] . '</td></tr>' . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom4'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto4'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status4'] 

.'</td><td>'. $_POST['price4'] . '</td></tr>' . '<tr><td>' . $_POST['datefrom5'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['dateto5'] .'</td><td>'. $_POST['status5'] 

.'</td><td>'. $_POST['price5'] . '</td></tr></table>';   
 $file = "test.txt";     
 $fp = fopen($file, "w") or die("Couldn't open $file for writing!");   
 fwrite($fp, $data) or die("Couldn't write values to file!");     
 fclose($fp);     echo "Saved to $file successfully!"; 
}

?>

PHP:

but it didn't work...... sorry buddy I need to brush up my php, haven't used it in so long.....

 

Sorry I need the booked to be RED when its shown on the page I open the text file from?