One PHP file to edit another....

drgn91 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-16-03, 01:42 PM

what i need is for one PHP file, e.g an admin CP, to edit another php or html file.

for example, replace template.php with

Code:

code blah blah djbsipb

input box 1

more code blah

input box 2

blah blah

by filling in the in the input boxes on a php page.
any help would be appreciated

Jerome · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-03, 07:08 AM

i think you can use this php command ...

include ("admin.php");

//the admin.php is pointing to the file you want as a base.

antoshka · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-03, 09:39 AM

you want to create a script that will allow people to edit PHP files in their browser window?

there's 2 parts to it...

1. create a script that will load the php file and allow user to edit it.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$file = "/home/dir/file.php";

$fs = fopen( $file, "a+" ) or die("error when opening the file");



while (!feof($fs)) {

   $contents .= fgets($fs, 1024);

}



fclose($fs);

?>



<html>

<form action="save.php" method="post">

<input type=hidden name="file" value="<?php echo $file; ?>">

<textarea name="contents"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($contents); ?></textarea>

</form>

</html>

2. create a script that will save the file once user done editing it.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$fs = fopen( $_POST["file"], "a+" ) or die("error when opening the file");

fwrite($fs, $_POST["contents"]);

fclose();

?>

this code might have bugs... it's very basic too.

drgn91 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-17-03, 11:14 AM

so what parts do i need to edit?

antoshka · #5 (**permalink**) 07-17-03, 12:30 PM

if you use the code i posted above, it should work. however, you might want to add some error checking in there. you could check if the file can be written (sometimes you can open it for writing, but you can't write in it), if user's input is valid, etc.

also the first script has a hardcoded parameter $file. you probably want to pass that parameter to the script from the outside somehow.

drgn91 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-17-03, 12:43 PM

1. what would happen if the file was already there? would it overwrite it?

2. how would i make it so it had lots of uneditable code, then the content of an input box (e.g a color), then more code, then another input and so on....

drgn91 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-18-03, 02:29 PM

anyone?

ChristGuy · #8 (**permalink**) 07-18-03, 03:35 PM

Greetingz...

1. FOpen("...", "a+") // Appends to the file

2. You'd need to Include() the edited file, that has the values saved as variables...

Then Just <?php echo $VariableName ?>

drgn91 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-19-03, 08:08 AM

thanks

drgn91 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-21-03, 12:21 PM

http://www.novacurity.com/cncburnout/XWeb/cp.php

look what happens.... both file.php and cp.php are CHMODed to 0777.
here is the code of cp.php:

Code:

<html>

<head>
  <title></title>
</head>

<body>

<?php

$file = "/home/novacuri/public_html/cncburnout/XWeb/file.php";

$fs = fopen( $file, "a+" ) or die("error when opening the file");


while (!feof($fs)) {

   $contents .= fgets($fs, 1024);

}


fclose($fs);

?>




<form action="save.php" method="post">

<input type=hidden name="file" value="<?php echo $file; ?>">

<textarea name="contents"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($contents); ?></textarea>

</form>


<?php

$fs = fopen( $_POST["file"], "a+" ) or die("error when opening the file");

fwrite($fs, $_POST["contents"]);

fclose();

?>


</body>

</html>