Correct format??? or no

[prcollin]

$fp = fopen('userpages/' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');

 

is that the correct format for the function to pull a value($page_title) from a form in a .html file and create a directory with the form entry??

 

Getting this error but permissions are all right.  Im guessing its not pulling hte value and substituting it for the entered value.  So how would i go about doing that?

 

View my post here to see all the relavent code http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,199546.0.html

 

 

Warning: fopen(userpages/page_title.html) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/findzer/public_html/userpages/createfile.php on line 13

 

 

[wildteen88]

The problem is probably not do with the code but is more likely to do with the file path used in fopen.

 

That code is being ran from the /home/findzer/public_html/userpages directory in a file called createfile.php (as the error states).

 

Now the path you use in fopen is userpages/what-ever-file.html, As this is a relative file path PHP will add your path onto the current working directory (path above) and so the path PHP will use to open the .html file will be:

/home/findzer/public_html/userpages/userpages/what-ever-file.html

Which is obviously wrong. I'd suggest you to use:

$fp = fopen('./' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');

// OR
$fp = fopen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/userpages/' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');

[craygo]

Looking at your error, your script is running from the userpages folder, no need to go there again.

 

$fp = fopen($page_title . '.html', 'a');

 

Ray

[prcollin]

The problem is probably not do with the code but is more likely to do with the file path used in fopen.

 

That code is being ran from the /home/findzer/public_html/userpages directory in a file called createfile.php (as the error states).

 

Now the path you use in fopen is userpages/what-ever-file.html, As this is a relative file path PHP will add your path onto the current working directory (path above) and so the path PHP will use to open the .html file will be:

/home/findzer/public_html/userpages/userpages/what-ever-file.html

Which is obviously wrong. I'd suggest you to use:

$fp = fopen('./' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');



// OR
$fp = fopen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/userpages/' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');

 

 

 

Great no more errors, but now i just get a blank page when i click submit and there is no new file in the directory.

[wildteen88]

Is your error_reporting to set to E_ALL? PHP should display all error types and not a blank page if error_reporting is set to E_ALL.

[prcollin]

Is your error_reporting to set to E_ALL? PHP should display all error types and not a blank page if error_reporting is set to E_ALL.

 

There are actually no errors but when i added

 

echo $page_title;

 

it printed page_title when i submitted the form so does this mean that the variables are not being recognized and if so should I just put my php script at the bottom of the form or should i declare the variables some other way?

[wildteen88]

Looking back at your original thread your script is not being instructed to output anything, thus you get a blank page when form is submited.

 

As for no file being created then you you should add

fclose($fp);

at the bottom of your script before ?> in createfile.php

[prcollin]

Looking back at your original thread your script is not being instructed to output anything, thus you get a blank page when form is submited.

 

As for no file being created then you you should add

fclose($fp);

at the bottom of your script before ?> in createfile.php

 

new code

 

<?php

/** 
* 
*This script posts the new file to the directory 
* 
* (c) copyright 2008 Time Vision Development 
*/

$page_title = 'page_title';
$user_email = 'user_email';
$about_you = 'about_you';

$fp = fopen('./' . $page_title . '.html', 'a');
fwrite($fp, '<b>Email Address:</b>');
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, $_POST[$user_email]);
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, '<b>About Me:</b>');
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, $_POST[$about_you]);
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, '<br>');
fwrite($fp, '<hr height="5" width="100%">');

echo $page_title;
echo $user_email;
echo $about_you;

fclose($fp);

?>

[prcollin]

this is what it displays when i click submit

 

page_titleuser_emailabout_you

 

and it doesnt create a new file in the directory??

[wildteen88]

Try:

<?php

if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
    $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/userpages/';

    $file_name     = $_POST['page_title'];

    $file_contents = "<b>Email Address:</b>
<br>
{$_POST['user_email']}
<br />
<br />
<b>About Me:</b>
<br />
{$_POST['about_you']}
<br />
<br />
<hr height=\"5\" width=\"100%\">";

    // Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
    if (is_writable($path))
    {
        // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
        // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence
        // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
        if (!$handle = fopen($path . $file_name, 'a'))
        {
             echo "Cannot open file $file_name";
             exit;
        }

        // Write $somecontent to our opened file.
        if (fwrite($handle, $file_contents) === FALSE)
        {
            echo "Cannot write to file $file_name";
            exit;
        }

        echo "Success, created $file_name";

        fclose($handle);

    }
    else
    {
        echo "The file $path is not writable";
    }
}
else
{
    echo 'Form not submitted! $_POST contents:';
    echo '<pre>' . print_r($_POST, true) . '</pre>';
    
}

?>

This is will print messages at different stages. It should identify where your script is failing.

[prcollin]

These files are being written to the directory on submit they are not already in the directory each time the form is submitted a new file is supposed to be created with the form elements as the content and the &page_title as the document name

[prcollin]

ok i used your script and got this

 

 

Form not submitted! $_POST contents:

Array

(

    [user_email] => asdf

    [page_title] => asdf

    [about_you] => asdf

)

 

 

[wildteen88]

Name your submit button submit and it'll work.

[prcollin]

Name your submit button submit and it'll work.

 

ok that worked and it created the file but how do i create an html not just a plain file. 

[prcollin]

TOPIC SOLVED THANKS WILD  it worked like a dream.