write to text file

winracer · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-08, 03:47 PM

how would you write to a text file with se input

what i want is for a user to type in website like http://example.com

and for it to write it to a text file
but i want the code to write a new text file for every url with the url name
like example-com.txt

any thoughs

trumnation · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-08, 01:59 PM

You could do it using php. If you want to go that route, I recommend you read up on the fopen and fwrite functions at php.net, as they are what you'll need to write to a text file. php.net will explain exactly what they do, how to use them, etc.

Hope that helps!

job0107 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-02-08, 02:06 PM

I see you are in the PHP forum, so you must have PHP.
Do you understand how $_POST and $_GET work?

winracer · #4 (**permalink**) 07-02-08, 02:59 PM

I have two php files now that i have made I can not get it to make new txt file each time any thought

1st one

PHP Code:


			
<html>
<body>
<form action="test.php" method="post">
Enter YouTuble URL:<input type="text" name="url"/>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

2nd one
<html>
<body>
Here is your YouTube url <?php echo $_POST["url"]; ?>.<br />

</body>
</html>
<?php
$filename = 'youtube.txt';
$somecontent = $_POST["url"];

 // Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
//if (is_writable($filename)) {

// In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
// The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence
// that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a+')) {
echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
exit;
}

// Write $somecontent to our opened file.
if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {
echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
exit;
}

echo "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($filename)";

fclose($handle);

//} else {
//echo "The file $filename is not writable";
//}
?>

winracer · #5 (**permalink**) 07-02-08, 03:17 PM

i would also like to do something like this.. put this in the middle some the codeto wite to the file $_POST["url"][/

somecontent = <object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="$_POST["url"]&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6">
</param>
<embed src="$_POST["url"]&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344">
</embed></object>

job0107 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-08, 04:15 PM

Your going about this the wrong way.
Your opening the same file each time in append mode,
and appending the data to the file.
You want to open a file in write mode so it will create a new file each time.

Here is an example that will validate the URL before it creates the file.
If it doesn't validate, it won't create a file.
This will validate most common URL's but not all.
I am sure someone else can come up with a better regex.

Example:

PHP Code:


			
<html>
<head>
<style>
.td1_pad
{
 padding-right:10px;
 }
.td2_pad
{
 padding-top:10px;
 text-align:center;
 }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if(!empty($_POST["web_addr"]))
{
 if(preg_match('^http\://[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(/\S*)?$^',$_POST["web_addr"]))
 {
  $file_name=str_replace(".","-",substr($_POST["web_addr"],7)).".txt";
  $f=fopen($file_name,'w');
  fwrite($f,$_POST["web_addr"]);
  fclose($f);
  }
 else{echo "You didn't enter a web address.<br />";}
 }
?>
<form action="#" method="POST">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
  <td class="td1_pad">Enter web address here:</td><td><input type="text" name="web_addr" value="http://"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td class="td2_pad" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
 </tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

winracer · #7 (**permalink**) 07-03-08, 12:07 PM

thanks. that works great. How would i add this in the text file where the $_POST["url"]& is the web address they typed in and the rest of the code is entered before and after. I gues then i could change the file from .txt to maybe .html.

<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="$_POST["url"]&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6">
</param>
<embed src="$_POST["url"]&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344">
</embed></object>

job0107 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-03-08, 12:55 PM

If I understand you correctly, this should work, provided I didn't make any mistakes.
This will produce a .html file instead of a .txt file.

PHP Code:


			
<html>
<head>
<style>
.td1_pad
{
 padding-right:10px;
 }
.td2_pad
{
 padding-top:10px;
 text-align:center;
 }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if(!empty($_POST["web_addr"]))
{
 if(preg_match('^http\://[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(/\S*)?$^',$_POST["web_addr"]))
 {
  $file_name=str_replace(".","-",substr($_POST["web_addr"],7)).".html";
  $data="<object width='425' height='344'>
         <param name='movie' value='".$_POST["web_addr"]."&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6'></param>
         <embed src='".$_POST["web_addr"]."&hl=en&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='425' height='344'></embed>
         </object>";
  $f=fopen($file_name,'w');
  fwrite($f,$data);
  fclose($f);
  }
 else{echo "You didn't enter a web address.<br />";}
 }
?>
<form action="#" method="POST">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 <tr>
  <td class="td1_pad">Enter web address here:</td><td><input type="text" name="web_addr" value="http://"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td class="td2_pad" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
 </tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

winracer · #9 (**permalink**) 07-03-08, 01:17 PM

thanks one last question I hope the http:// that a user inputs would look like

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=06gwgidNiic this get error writeing the file name.

maybe file name should be something else?

can i use a varable for file name?

job0107 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-03-08, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by winracer

thanks one last question I hope the http:// that a user inputs would look like

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=06gwgidNiic this get error writeing the file name.

maybe file name should be something else?

can i use a varable for file name?

What would you like the file name to be?
Other than the URL of course.