Noobie Help (resolved)

Ok I'm trying to make a page the will import the text from a text file (news.txt) and put it into a text area. Once the text is edited the user clicks save and it will then save the text file. How can this be done?
all i know is that if i did

$blah = readfile("news.txt");

it will get the file text. but then how do i go about putting it into a text area and the save button?

Off the top of my head:

Code:

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if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    $file = fopen("filename.txt", "w");
    fwrite($file, $_POST['contents']);
    fclose($file);
} else {
    $contents = implode("\n", file("filename.txt"));

    echo '<form action="yourpage.php" method="post">
        <textarea name="contents">' . $contents . '</textarea><br>
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save">
    </form>';
}

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Something like that. Of course, permissions have to be set for the directory/file.

how about i make the text area bigger? other then that it works good. thanks

figured that out with rows= cols= heh

Hmm found a problem i think.. I put in what i want, hit save. I goto view the page that gets the info from the text file and its not updated. I tried a couple things and figured out that in order to make it update, i had to put in the info i wanted hit save, browse to news.txt, hit refresh, and then it will update on the page.

http://team-ly.com
The flash file on this page is what grabs the information from the text file.

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Originally posted by Coolone770
how about i make the text area bigger? other then that it works good. thanks

figured that out with rows= cols= heh

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You could also do:

Code:

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<textarea name="contents" style="width: 150px; height: 100px;">' . $contents . '</textarea>

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This lets you specify height/width in pixels, rather than in columns and rows.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Coolone770
Hmm found a problem i think.. I put in what i want, hit save. I goto view the page that gets the info from the text file and its not updated. I tried a couple things and figured out that in order to make it update, i had to put in the info i wanted hit save, browse to news.txt, hit refresh, and then it will update on the page.

http://team-ly.com
The flash file on this page is what grabs the information from the text file.

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I have no idea what you're talking about...

hmm. I guess i will have to deal with the problem. .. thanks for the help man.

sounds like it is getting stored in your cache if you have to hit refresh everytime. use the meta tag no-cache so it won't do that. but not sure if it works in IE.

how would i do that phpman? im really a noob at this stuff

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">

might not work in IE and that goes between your head tags in your file.

ill try that right now

Thanks, that did the job!