[reshma]

Hi

i have a file into which i keep appending data, i want this data to be put in a table so that there is clarity for the person who sees it. can someone help me out as to how to create tables in files. using html the normal way things don't seem to work.

Please revert back to me incase i am not clear.

Thanks !!!!

[job0107]

You will need to explain where the file is located,
what kind of data is in the file and how it is arranged,
how you are appending to the file (I am assuming you are you using PHP?)
and how you want the data arranged in the table.

[reshma]

ya i am using php to append my file and the file is actually a log file. right now its appended into the file as

username:
id:

i want it in the form of a table as shown below

username id

the thing is that i want to view the log file from my webpage, so i have an option view log file, and that in turn should read the file and put it in a table form and show the user.

i hope this much info should do.

Thanks !!!!

[job0107]

Your not clear on how the data is arranged in the file.
Can you please give me an example of how the data actually looks like?

[reshma]

alright, this is how the code looks like,

Code:

$myfile = "logfile.txt";
$fh = fopen($myfile,'a') or die("can't open file);
fwrite($fh,"Username:" .$name);
fwrite($fh,"ID:" .$id);
fclose($fh);

i hope this would be of help to to you.

[job0107]

This is just an example.
I am sure you can modify it to suit your needs.

Please note: I have modified the way the data is stored in the file, so you will either want to empty or delete the file if it already exists.

PHP Code:

<?php
$myfile = "logfile.txt";
$username = array();
$id = array();
$sw = 0;
$msg = "<span style='font-size:20px;'>Enter a Username and ID.</span>";
if(file_exists($myfile))
{
 $fh = fopen($myfile,'r');
 while(!feof($fh))
 {
  $temp_username = trim(fgets($fh));
  $temp_id = trim(fgets($fh));
  if(!empty($_POST["username"]))
  {
   if($temp_username == $_POST["username"])
   {
    $sw = 1;
    $msg = "<span style='font-size:20px;color:#f00;'>User already exists.</span>";
    }
   }
  $username[] = $temp_username;
  $id[] = $temp_id;
  }
 fclose($fh);
 }
if(empty($sw))
{
 if($_POST["username"] && $_POST["id"])
 {
  $fh = fopen($myfile,'a') or die("can't open file");
  fwrite($fh,$_POST["username"]."\r\n");
  $username[] = $_POST["username"];
  fwrite($fh,$_POST["id"]."\r\n");
  $id[] = $_POST["id"];
  fclose($fh);
  $_POST["username"] = "";
  $_POST["id"] = "";
  $msg = "<span style='font-size:20px;color:#00f;'>New user added.</span>";
  }
 }
if(!empty($username))
{
 echo "<table border='1'><tr><th>Username</th><th>ID</th></tr>";
 for($i=0;$i<count($username);$i++)
 {
  if(!empty($username[$i])){echo "<tr><td>".$username[$i]."</td><td>".$id[$i]."</td></tr>";}
  }
 echo "</table><br /><div style='border:1px solid #000;width:237px;padding:5px;'><div style='border:1px solid #000;width:225px;text-align:center;margin-bottom:10px;'>$msg</div>";
 }
?>
<form action="#" method="post" style="margin:0px;">
<table>
 <tr><td>Username: </td><td><input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $_POST["username"]; ?>"></td></tr>
 <tr><td align="right">ID: </td><td><input type="text" name="id" value="<?php echo $_POST["id"]; ?>"></td></tr>
 <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
 </table>
</form>
</div>

[reshma]

Thanks a lot !!!!!