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Found the problem - wasnt calling the $POST data correctly after the first variable. - Thanks for the effort. Jessica, You know think about it - your telling someone who is not a PHP programmer, that they are programming in PHP wrong. I kinda figured that part out already which is why I sought out help. I suppose if I was approaching the problem "correctly" or programmatically correct then I likely wouldn't be needed help, right? Anyways, it wouldn't hurt to give an example of the proper code instead of just stating the obvious.

Jessica, I rarely use PHP or database languages, Typically I am straight HTML/CSS with occasional javascript for certain things - But on occasion I do encounter situations where PHP or similar languages are needed. Unfortunately I simply don't have the time to dedicate to learning straight PHP as I would like too, so until such time as that changes I am left with having to deal with one off situations like this one. I appreciate the effort to "reply with tips and hints on how to find the solution yourself." but I have spent the better part of 2 days building. testing, failing, reasearching and correcting to get to where I am now. So please understand that this is a request for a more involved answer from someone.

Only code thats not showing is standard HTML header, meta tags, title etc. etc. -- and on the form capture part the actual form is like 30 fields, I have reduced to just 5 or so in this question in order to keep the code small and to the point.

I'm using a form to capture various information - assigning the form input to PHP variables and then replacing placeholders in an external file with the appropriate PHP variables from the form using str_replace array - But, for some reason it replaces the first variable (specifically *bizname) in the external file correctly and then replaces the others with NULL / Blanks, as if the other form data isn't being stored in the variables - Any ideas why the other variables are not being replaces with data? form capture php file <form id="form1" method="post" action=""> <div>What is the advertised name of your business?<input name="busName" type="text" value="Enter Business Name" size="40" maxlength="40" style="margin-left:10px;" /></div> <hr /> <div>Enter the NUMERIC street number for your business:<input name="busNume" type="text" value="Enter Numeric Address" size="40" maxlength="40" style="margin-left:10px;" /></div> <div>Please select street direction:<select name="streetDir" size="1" style="margin-left:10px;"> <option>N</option> <option>E</option> <option>S</option> <option>W</option> <option> </option> </select></div> <div>Please enter the name of your street location:<input name="busStreet" type="text" value="Enter Street Name" size="40" maxlength="40" style="margin-left:10px;" /></div> <div>Please select the street type:<select name="streetType" size="1" style="margin-left:10px;"> <option>RD</option> <option>ST</option> <option>AVE</option> </select></div> <div>Enter your city:<input name="busCity" type="text" value="Enter City Name" size="40" maxlength="40" style="margin-left:10px;" /></div> <div>Enter your state:<select name="busState" size="1" style="margin-left:10px;"> <option>AL</option> <option>AK</option> <option>AZ</option> </select></div> <div>Enter your zip code: <input name="busZip" type="text" value="" size="10" maxlength="5" style="margin-left:10px;" /> </div> <hr /> <input type="submit" value="submit" > </form> PHP CODE in form capture file <?php $busName = $_POST["busName"]; $busNume = $POST["busNume"]; $stDir = $POST["streetDir"]; $busStreet = $POST["busStreet"]; $stType = $POST["streetType"]; $busCity = $POST["busCity"]; $busState = $POST["busState"]; $busZip = $POST["busZip"]; ?> <?php if (!empty($_POST)) { $myFile = "template.php"; $file_contents = file_get_contents($myFile); $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file"); $varibs = array('*bizname','*hn','*dir','*street','*stt','*busCity','*busState','*busZip'); $details = array($busName,$busNume,$stDir,$busStreet,$stType,$busCity,$busState,$busZip); $file_contents = str_replace($varibs,$details,$file_contents); fwrite($fh, $file_contents); fclose($fh); } ?> Last but not least the template PHP file being opened and written into (Just the relevant part - everything else stripped out) <div id="bname" class="bdetail bold fs19" itemprop="name">*bizname</div> <span itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/PostalAddress"> <div id="baddr" class="bdetail" itemprop='streetAddress'>*hn *dir *street *stt</div> <div id="bregion" class="bdetail" itemprop='addressLocality'>*busCity, <span itemprop='addressRegion'>*busState</span>*busZip <span itemprop='postalCode'></span></div>