darkfact

nevermind. It was late and I was over-thinking it. I just added to my str_replace and replace record51 with the value of $ident. The form won't allow it if it already exists and all I needed was a unique name for each entry. Problem solved. Thanks

My first question is what is this line doing? $ident2 = ($ident . 2); $ident2 returns the value of $ident with a 2 appended to it. and what is contained in the $_POST['indent']? An alpha numeric value--whatever is entered in the form. You say you are trying to increment a numerical value but I cannot see that in your code. I would like to increment the 2 instances of record51 to record52 and increment again each time the process is initiated.

I'm trying to increment a numerical value and after several hours of reading haven't come up with a solution. this may be too much information but here it is; I'm using this code to change the values in r5include.html <?php $ident = $_POST['ident']; ?> <?php $ident2 = ($ident . 2); $filename = 'r5include.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); $old = array("'images/up.jpg'","add.html' target='_blank'"); $new = array("'$ident/$ident2.jpg'","$ident.html' target='iframe2'"); $data = str_replace($old,$new,$string); $handle = fopen($filename, "w+"); fwrite($handle,$data); fclose($handle); ?> but before I do that I'm copying the original to a temp file with this code: <?php $filename = 'r5include.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); $tempfile = 'temp.html'; $handle = fopen($tempfile, "a"); fwrite($handle,$string); fclose($handle); ?> This is what goes to temp.html: <img height=75 src='images/up.jpg' hidefocus='true' usemap='#record51' /> <map name='record51'> <area shape='rect' coords='0,0,75,75' href='add.html' target='_blank'> I would like to increment the 2 instances of record51 to record52 and increment again each time the process is initiated. And then append it to r5include with this: <?php $myFile = "r5include.html"; $fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file"); $filename = 'temp.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); fwrite($fh,$string); fclose($fh); ?> So the question is is it possible? and if so how do I increment the record number? Thanks,

Thanks for the solution and explanation. It now works perfectly. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the reply, this is the entire r5include file: <img height=75 src='images/up.jpg' hidefocus='true' usemap='#record51' /> <map name='record51'> <area shape='rect' coords='0,0,75,75' href='add.html' target='_blank'> If I use either of the first two that I posted it changes the way i want it to. If I put them both on the same page separately it changes the whole thing to what I want. But the one where I put them in an array doesn't do anything.

The first two work perfectly. In the third, I tried to put them together in an array and nothing happens. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? Thanks <?php $ident = $_POST['ident']; ?> <?php $filename = 'r5include.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); $data = str_replace("add.html' target='_blank'","$ident.html' target='iframe2'","$string"); $handle = fopen($filename, "w+"); fwrite($handle,$data); fclose($handle); ?> <?php $ident = $_POST['ident']; ?> <?php $ident2 = ($ident . 2); $filename = 'r5include.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); $data = str_replace("'images/up.jpg'","'$ident/$ident2.jpg'","$string"); $handle = fopen($filename, "w+"); fwrite($handle,$data); fclose($handle); ?> <?php $ident = $_POST['ident']; ?> <?php $ident2 = ($ident . 2); $filename = 'r5include.html'; $string = file_get_contents($filename); $old = array("'images/up.jpg'","add.html' target='_blank'"); $new = array("'$ident/$ident2.jpg'","$ident.html' target='iframe2'"); $data = str_replace("$old","$new","$string"); $handle = fopen($filename, "w+"); fwrite($handle,$data); fclose($handle); ?>

It works perfectly. Thank you very much.

After days of searching I found this thread http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=236954.0 that helped me do what I was trying to do. I've gotten the code to create and rename my html document but I can't figure out how to use the preg_replace part. This is my template with the 3 variables I want to replace with values from a form. <html><head><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" /></head><body><?php include_once('content.php') ?></body><SCRIPT language="JavaScript" SRC="javascript.js"></SCRIPT><script type="text/javascript"> function nametitle(){ parent.iframe1.document.getElementById("div1").innerHTML = "VARIABLE1<br>VARIABLE2";parent.iframe1.document.getElementById("quotes").innerHTML = "VARIABLE3";} </script></html> I've spent hours reading and trying to understand how to make it work but it's a little over my head. Could someone help me with this? Thanks,