[SOLVED] How

[unidox]

I have a file users.php

 

and what I am trying to do is lets say I have the following code:

<?php

// some code here;

// users array
$GLOBALS["users"]=array(
array("admin","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1),
array("steve","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1),
);
?>

 

what I am trying to do is make a script that will add the array to the array, without deleting the code on top. How would I do that? Thanks

[trq]

Do you mean....

 

<?php

  $newuser = array("foo","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1)
  $GLOBALS['users'][0] = array_merge($GLOBALS['users'][0],$newuser);

?>

 

Or something similar?

[unidox]

No, the code I have was pasted, just changed the passwords and usernames.

[trq]

Sorry, having a bad day.

 

<?php

  $newuser = array("foo","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1)
  $GLOBALS['users'][] = $newuser;

?>

[unidox]

you still dont get it lol, here is my file.

 

<?php

// Code here.

$GLOBALS["users"]=array(
array("admin","password",1,2,1,"",7,1),
array("steve","password",1,2,1,"",7,1),
); ?>

 

That code works, what I am trying to do is make a form that adds something like this:

<?php

// Code here.

$GLOBALS["users"]=array(
array("admin","password",1,2,1,"",7,1),
array("steve","password",1,2,1,"",7,1),
array("martin","password",1,2,1,"",7,1),
); ?>

 

Just add another array. Get it?

[trq]

I get it. Thats exactly what my code does.

 

Run this example.

 

<?php

// some code here;

// users array
$GLOBALS["users"]=array(
    array("admin","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1),
    array("steve","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1)
);

echo '<pre>';
print_r($GLOBALS['users']);
echo '</pre>';

$newuser = array("foo","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1);
$GLOBALS['users'][] = $newuser;

echo '<pre>';
print_r($GLOBALS['users']);
echo '</pre>';

?>

[unidox]

But the thing is I am adding a user from adduser.php and need to save the file users.php.

[trq]

So you want to actually add code dynamically to a script? Why is that so hard to explain?

 

This type of thing could get pretty messing in php. If I was going to do it I would use sed, but anyway. The easiest method would likely be to place a placeholder in your script, much as you would in a templating system. eg;

 

$GLOBALS["users"]=array(
  array("admin","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1),
  array("steve","password",1,1,1,"2",7,1),
  //<newuser>
);

 

Then you could simply do something like....

 

<?php

  $newuser = "array(\"martin\",\"password\",1,2,1,\"\",7,1),\n//<newuser>";
  $file = file_get_contents('config.php');
  $file = str_replace('//<newuser>',$newuser,$file);
  file_put_contents('config.php',$file);

?>

 

The whole idea seems pretty messy to me though.

[ShimmyShine]

Thorpe that would work for 1 new registry only, then it would erase the //newuser and not write another one.  Wouldn't you have to make it write another //newuser after it wrote that current array?

 

ShimmyShine

[trq]

Wouldn't you have to make it write another //newuser after it wrote that current array?

 

Yes, exactly as my code does.

 

$newuser = "array(\"martin\",\"password\",1,2,1,\"\",7,1),\n//<newuser>";

[unidox]

Ok, is there anyway I can update one of those arrays? Thanks

[trq]

You mean like change the username or something? Once again, you could try using str_replace() to overide an existing username, updating those numbers is going to get pretty messy however.

 

Can I ask why your not storing this stuff within a database? They are alot easier to deal with than text files.

[unidox]

Well I just want to change 1 digit from 1 array, but other arrays might have a 1 also, so is there anyway to edit a line as a whole?

[trq]

so is there anyway to edit a line as a whole?

 

Yes, using str_replace().

[ShimmyShine]

Sorry thorpe, didn't notice that part of the line

 

Shimmy