Noobie Help (resolved)

[Coolone770]

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?

[The Hobo]

Off the top of my head:

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>';
}

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

[Coolone770]

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

figured that out with rows= cols= heh

[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.

[The Hobo]

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

You could also do:

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

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

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.

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

[Coolone770]

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

[phpman]

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.

[Coolone770]

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

[phpman]

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

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

[Coolone770]

ill try that right now

[Coolone770]

Thanks, that did the job!