PHP - Writing Variables To A Text File

How to do it? I have read some methods but they seem to not work. This is what  I have got so far:     <?php

does anyone know how to decode this XML variable value into string values? I also need to know the oposite way: creating variable values into xml. I've tried several code examples but they did filter the requested data.

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$xml='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<elements>
<text identifier="ed9cdd4c-ae8b-4ecb-bca7-e12a5153bc02">
  <value/>
</text>
<textarea identifier="a77f06fc-1561-453c-a429-8dd05cdc29f5">
  <value><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>]]></value>
</textarea>
<textarea identifier="1a85a7a6-2aba-4480-925b-6b97d311ee6c">
  <value><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy  eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed  diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.  Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor  sit amet.</p>]]></value>
</textarea>
<image identifier="ffcc1c50-8dbd-4115-b463-b43bdcd44a57">
  <file><![CDATA[images/stories/red/cars/autobedrijf.png]]></file>
  <title/>
  <link/>
  <target/>
  <rel/>
  <lightbox_image/>
  <width><![CDATA[250]]></width>
  <height><![CDATA[187]]></height>
</image>
<text identifier="4339a108-f907-4661-9aab-d6f3f00e736e">
  <value><![CDATA[Kramer 5]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="ea0666d7-51e3-4e52-8617-25e3ad61f8b8">
  <value><![CDATA[6000 RS]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="90a18889-884b-4d53-a302-4e6e4595efa0">
  <value><![CDATA[Eindhoven]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="410d72e0-29b3-4a92-b7d7-f01e828b1586">
  <value><![CDATA[APK Pick up and return]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="45b86f23-e656-4a81-bb8f-84e5ea76f71f">
  <value><![CDATA[15% korting op grote beurt]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="3dbbe1c6-15d6-4375-9f2f-f0e7287e29f3">
  <value><![CDATA[Gratis opslag zomerbanden]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="2e878db0-605d-4d58-9806-8e75bced67a4">
  <value><![CDATA[Gratis abonnement of grote beurt]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="94e3e08f-e008-487b-9cbd-25d108a9705e">
  <value/>
</text>
<text identifier="73e74b73-f509-4de7-91cf-e919d14bdb0b">
  <value/>
</text>
<text identifier="b870164b-fe78-45b0-b840-8ebceb9b9cb6">
  <value><![CDATA[040 123 45 67]]></value>
</text>
<text identifier="8a91aab2-7862-4a04-bd28-07f1ff4acce5">
  <value/>
</text>
<email identifier="3f15b5e4-0dea-4114-a870-1106b85248de">
  <value/>
  <text/>
  <subject/>
  <body/>
</email>
<link identifier="0b3d983e-b2fa-4728-afa0-a0b640fa34dc">
  <value/>
  <text/>
  <target/>
  <custom_title/>
  <rel/>
</link>
<relateditems identifier="7056f1d2-5253-40b6-8efd-d289b10a8c69"/>
<rating identifier="cf6dd846-5774-47aa-8ca7-c1623c06e130">
  <votes><![CDATA[1]]></votes>
  <value><![CDATA[1.0000]]></value>
</rating>
<googlemaps identifier="160bd40a-3e0e-48de-b6cd-56cdcc9db892">
  <location><![CDATA[50.895711,5.955427]]></location>
</googlemaps>
</elements>';

For example:

I am using this code:

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$myFile = "newuser.txt";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'r');
$theData = fread($fh, 5);
fclose($fh);
echo $theData;
and it displays:

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Bob 2 Which I am reading from my newuser.txt file!

Which corresponds to the username bob, and he has the ID of 2.

Now I want to make that linkable like this:

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<a href=.?act=Profile&id=$IDFROMTEXTFILE(2)>$NAMEFROMTEXTFILE(BOB)</a>

this is possible? If so, Thanks!

I need to add these lines to my .htaccess file via PHP

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} checkout
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://myurl.com/checkout/$1 [R,L]
RIGHT after this line:
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RewriteBase /
AND before this line:
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
This is how the current file looks w/o the new line addition:

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RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php [L,QSA]
It needs to look like this when the new lines are added(extra line breaks not necessary):

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RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} checkout
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://myurl.com/checkout/$1 [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php [L,QSA]
The line numbers may not match up, so I cannot use the line number.

I need help! I cant get this to write the correct way!

What i need is based on the value of what is posted to the script it has to write it in the config file and also make a folder!

Please help


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<?php
$start = '$uploadpath=\'';
$structure = '../banner/images/'.$_POST['FOLDER'].'\';\n';

$myFile = "PHP/confup.php";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
$stringData = "<?\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "$start $structure";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
$stringData = "?>\n";
fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

// Desired folder structure


// To create the nested structure, the $recursive parameter
// to mkdir() must be specified.

if (!mkdir($structure, 0777, true)) {
    die('Failed to create folders...');
}

// ...
?>

I am using a script I adapted from a tutorial to print the contents of a text box to a txt file. Basically, it's a really simple way of seeing who has logged in. I only have a handful of users.

The problem is, although the text file is being created in the proper folder, it isn't being written to and just remains blank.

<div align="center">
<table width="300" border="2" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" style="-moz-border-radius: 18px;
-webkit-border-radius: 18px;" height="120" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<form name="form1" method="post" action="checklogin.php">
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" background="images/loginbg.jpg"  style="-moz-border-radius: 15px;
-webkit-border-radius: 15px;">
<tr align="center">
<td colspan="3"><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Family Login </strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="78"><font color="#000000">Username</font></td>
<td width="6">:</td>
<td width="294"><input name="myusername" type="text" id="myusername">
<?php
$myusername = $_POST['myusername'];

$data = "$myusername\n";


//open the file and choose the mode
$fh = fopen("logs/login.txt", "a");

fwrite($fh, $data);

fclose($fh);

?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><font color="#000000">Password</font></td>
<td>:</td>
<td><input name="mypassword" type="password" id="mypassword"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

I'm not sure what's going wrong but I'm guessing it's the placing of the php, or at least some of it.
I'd quite like to add the time they logged in as well. Any idea's anyone? 

Ok, I know how to write to a file, but what I'm looking for is to check if a line of code exists, and if it is, don't recreate it. It would also be nice to not recreate the file either.

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$file = fopen("index.html", "w");
fwrite($file,"This is a line of text");
fclose($file);

Hey Guys. I am trying to write to the file depending on which condition is met. The code works fine on my local machiene but not on my remote server.
  I have also tried to output any error messages to see if it would output anything, and I don't get anyting on my browser. Can anyone help me with this issue? Thanks

<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {


isset($_POST['interfax']) ? $option= "interfax" : $option= "";
isset($_POST['metrofax']) ? $option= "metrofax" : $option= "";


switch ($option) {
	case 'interfax':
	$file = "fax.php";
	$fax_client = "interfax";
	if(file_put_contents($file, "<?php ".'$fax_client = "' . $fax_client . '"'." ?>"))
	{ echo "Successful"; } else {
			die("Can't write file");
		}
		break;
	
		


    // By defualt all the orders go to metrofax so by selecting the variable it resets it self 
	case 'metrofax':
	$file = "fax.php";
	$fax_client = "metrofax";
	file_put_contents($file, "<?php ".'$fax_client = "' . NULL . '"'." ?>");
		break;	

			}


		}
?>


<form action="#" method="POST"> 

 <input type="radio" name="interfax" value="interfax">Switch To Interfax<br>
<input type="radio" name="metrofax" value="metrofax">Switch To Metrofax<br>

<input type='submit' name="submit" >

I have a code for writing a log file...
The code is working fine but it inserts the new details at the bottom of the file but i want to insert in the top...

So what function should i use... Here is the file my_log.php

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<?php

$usname = $_SESSION['usname'];
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Calcutta');
$date = date("l dS \of F Y h:i:s A");
$file = "log.php"; 
$open = fopen($file, "a+"); 
fseek($open,289);
fwrite($open "<b><br/>USER NAME:</b>              ".$usname . "<br/>"); 
fwrite($open, "<b>Date & Time:</b>            ".$date. "<br/>"); 
fwrite($open, "<b>What have they done :</b>   ".$reason . "<br/><br/>"); 
fclose($open); 

?>

and here is my log.php file :

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<?php
session_start();
if($_SESSION['stage']!=1 || $_SESSION['stage2']!=2)
{header('location:index.php');
die(" ");
}
?>
<?php
if($_GET['valu']=="view_log")
{
$reason=" ".$_SESSION['usname']." Viewed the LOG";
include('my_log.php');
header('location:log.php');
die("");
}
// bytes till here are 289

//LINE 1 : Log details have to insert here



I want to insert every detail from the top of the page but just below the php code..
What should i do...

ANy helo would be appreciated

Pranshu Agrawal
pranshu.a.11@gmail.com

Greetings,   I am new to these forums, I am working on this assignment, and these are the current issues I am running into.   Notice: Undefined variable: year in G:\EasyPHP-5.3.2i\www\PHP_Projects\ChineseZodiacs\zodiac_year_switch.php on line 77 ie. $year = validateInput($year,"Birth Year"); Notice: Undefined variable: year_count in G:\EasyPHP-5.3.2i\www\PHP_Projects\ChineseZodiacs\zodiac_year_switch.php on line 138 ie. echo "<p>You are person " . $year_count . "to enter " . $year . "</p>\n";   Honestly, I believe they are linked, because what should be happening, as the user enters the year, and hits submit, it should create a file called counts/$year.txt - $year should equal the entered data in the textbox, any help would be appreciated.   Thank you for your help.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Write to and From a File</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<?php

$dir = "counts";
if ( !file_exists($dir)) {
	mkdir ($dir, 0777);
	}

function validateInput($year, $fieldname) {
	global $errorCount;
	if (empty($year)) {
		echo "\"$fieldname\" is a required field.<br />\n";
		++$errorCount;
		$retval = "";
	}
	else
	{ // if the field on the form has been filled in
		if(is_numeric($year))
		{
			if($year >=1900 && $year <=2014)
			{
				$retval = $year;
			}
			else
			{
			++$errorCount;
			echo "<p>You must enter a year between 1900 and 2014.</p>\n";
			}
		}
		else
		{
			++$errorCount;
			echo "<p>The year must be a number.</p>\n";
		}
		
	} //ends the else for empty
	return($retval);
} //ends the function
function displayForm() {
?>
<form action = "<?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']; ?>" method = "post"> 
<p>Year of Birth: <input type="text" name="year" /></p>
<p><input type="reset" value="Clear Form" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Show Me My Sign" /></p> 
</form>
<?php
}

function StatisticsForYear($year) {
		global $year_count;
	$counter_file = "counts/$year.txt";
	if (file_exists($counter_file)) {
		$year_count = file_get_contents($counter_file);
		file_put_contents($counter_file, ++$year_count);
	} else {
		$year_count = 1;
		file_put_contents($counter_file, $year_count);
	}
return ($year_count);
}?>	
	
</head>
<body>
<?php

$showForm = true;
$errorCount = 0;
//$year=$_POST['year'];

$zodiac="";
$start_year =1900;
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) 
	$year = $_POST['year'];
	$year = validateInput($year,"Birth Year");

	if ($errorCount==0)
		$showForm = false;
	else
		$showForm = true;

if ($showForm == true)
{
		//call the displayForm() function
		displayForm();
}
else
{ //begins the else statement
	//determine the zodiac
	 
	$zodiacArray = array("rat", "ox", "tiger", "rabbit", "dragon", "snake", "horse", "goat", "monkey", "rooster", "dog", "pig");
	
	 switch (($_POST['year'] - $start_year) % 6) {
	case 0:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[0];
	break;		
	case 1:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[1];
	break;		
	case 2:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[2];
	break;		
	case 3:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[3];
	break;		
	case 4:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[4];
	break;		
	case 5:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[5];
	break;		
	case 6:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[6];
	break;		
	case 7:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[7];
	break;		
	case 8:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[8];
	break;		
	case 9:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[9];
	break;		
	case 10:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[10];
	break;		
	case 11:
			$zodiac = $zodiacArray[11];
	break;
	default:
		echo "<p>The Zodiac for this year has not been determined.</p>\n";
	break;
	} //ends the switch statement

	echo "<p>You were born under the sign of the " . $zodiac . ".</p>\n";
	echo "<p>You are person " . $year_count . "to enter " . $year . "</p>\n";
} //ends the else statement	
	
?>
</body>
</html>

Edited by mstevens, 16 October 2014 - 06:36 PM.

I'm trying to write to a file with the following code.

$fh = fopen("../inc/config.php", "a") or die("\r\nCan't open file.");
$write = "\$config['database_host'] = {$mysqlh};
\$config['database_user'] = {$mysqlu};
\$config['datbase_pass'] = {$mysqlp};
\$config['datbase_name'] = {$dbn};
\$config['table_prefix'] = {$tp};";

fwrite($fh, $write);
fclose($fh);


It is printing out "Can't open file", which I guess means it can't find the file or I've given the wrong path. The file that is executing this code is /install and the file I'm trying to write to is /inc/config.php. I thought .. put you up a directory so if I do .. I will be at the root and then do /inc I will be in inc.

Can someone please guide me on what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks.

Hi,

I am not that versed in PHP.  I have been working with this snippet of code that I found on a tutorial site.  It works like 97% and I get the format  mostly like I need it. 

Except, I can not figure how to add an extra single node to the list.

The code generates 20 random numbers and puts them into an array.  The array is then used to create a numbers node in the xml file.  It goes through and creates all the nodes.  I can not seem to figure out how to put a single game numbernode at the top of all the numbers nodes.

I am also not  understanding how to write the output to create the actual xml file.  I have written code in the past  to write a string to a text file but I am not sure about this because it is in an array?  The xml file will be appended every 5 minutes for data comparison down the road.    I think I will need to add a routine that calls the data back in at the beginning of the script and looks for the last game number if it is there and add 1.  The game number must increment each time it is appended. 

Any ideas on how to finish this up?

The final out put will look like this.  I only did a few lines instead of all 20 numbers to keep this short.

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<?xml version="1.0">
<Container>
     <gamenumber>10</gamenumber>
     <numbers>47</numbers>
     <numbers>10</numbers>
     <numbers>5</numbers>
     <numbers>27</numbers>
</Container>

My Script
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  <?php
  $balls = range(1,80);
  shuffle($balls);
  $pick = array_slice($balls,1,20);
  //$drawn = implode(", ",$pick);
  $arraySize = sizeof($pick);
 // print ("Arraw is $drawn\n\n");
  
  $doc = new DOMDocument();
  $doc->formatOutput = true;
  
  $drawn = array();
  $r = $doc->createElement( "Container" );
  $doc->appendChild( $r );
  
   for ($i=0; $i!= $arraySize; $i++){
  $drawn [] = array(
  'numbers' => $pick[$i],
  );
  }  
  
  foreach( $drawn as $draw )
  {    
  $numbers = $doc->createElement( "numbers" );
  $numbers->appendChild(
  $doc->createTextNode( $draw['numbers'] )
  );
  $r->appendChild( $numbers);
  
  }
    
  echo $doc->saveXML();
  ?>


Thanks for  your advise and help!!!

Ok I need to write an array to a file here is the code

if($place[2] < 10){
echo "Account Invalid";
$account = var_dump($account_data[$i][0]);
echo $account;
$fp3=fopen('invalid.txt', 'a+');
fwrite($fp3, $account);
fclose($fp3);}

when I try

if($place[2] < 10){
echo "Account Invalid";
$account = var_dump($account_data[$i][0]);
echo $account;
$fp3=fopen('invalid.txt', 'a+');
fwrite($fp3, $account_data[$i][0]);
fclose($fp3);}

I just get "Array[1]" written to the file..

What can I do to write the array to the file?

Thanks

i have this script where the user enters their name and their favorite quotes.  It adds their favorite quotes and their names to quotes.txt and prints out their name and their quotes on view_quote.php.  I need to use a foreach() loop to print out the name and the quotes, but I'm confused about how to set it up. Here's my files.
add_quote.php
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Add A Quotation</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php // add_quote.php
/* This script displays and handles an HTML form. This script takes text input and stores it in a text file. */

// Identify the file to use:
$file = 'quotes.txt';

// Check for a form submission:
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { // Handle the form.

if ( !empty($_POST['quote']) && ($_POST['quote'] != 'Enter your quotation here.'
 ) ){ // Need some thing to write.

if (is_writable($file)) { // Confirm that the file is writable.

file_put_contents($file, $_POST['quote'] . PHP_EOL, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX); // Write the data.
file_put_contents($file, $_POST['name'] . PHP_EOL, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
// Print a message:
print '<p>Your quotation has been stored.</p>';

} else { // Could not open the file.
print '<p style="color: red;">Your quotation could not be stored due to a system error.</p>';
}

} else { // Failed to enter a quotation.
print '<p style="color: red;">Please enter a quotation!</p>';
}

} // End of submitted IF.

// Leave PHP and display the form:
?>

<form action="add_quote.php" method="post">
<p>Name:<input type="text" name="name"/><br />
<textarea name="quote" rows="5" cols="30">Enter your quotation here.</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Add This Quote!" />
</form>

</body>
</html>view_quote.php
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>View A Quotation</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>View My Quotes</h1>
<?php // view_quote.php
/* This script displays and handles an HTML form. This script reads in a file and prints a random line from it. */

// Read the file's contents into an array:
$data = file('quotes.txt');

// Count the number of items in the array:
$n = count($data);

// Pick a random item:
$rand = rand(0, ($n - 1));

// Print the quotation:
print '<p>' . trim($data[$rand]) . '</p>';


?>
</body>
</html>and the quotes.txt file is blank until the user enters their names and quotes.  Im trying to get this done kind of quick so any help would be awesome.

I have a file named example.xml

I want to know how to write to the 3rd line on this file? What function to use?

I want to be able to write to this xml file right after the <sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> tag.

Please someone tell me how?

Much appreciated.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
   <sitemap>
      <loc>http://www.example.com/sitemap1.xml.gz</loc>
      <lastmod>2004-10-01T18:23:17+00:00</lastmod>
   </sitemap>
   <sitemap>
      <loc>http://www.example.com/sitemap2.xml.gz</loc>
      <lastmod>2005-01-01</lastmod>
   </sitemap>
</sitemapindex>