Create New PHP File

[cjbeck71081]

I am implementing a content management system that is customized.  I would like the ability to add new pages to the CMS and I was wondering what the best practice was for creating new PHP documents and editing them.

 

Secondly i was wondering how search engine friendly a completely CMS based site is with all of the <?include ?> codes in the actual code... do the search engines read that well?

[Mchl]

 

1. Your CMS should store content in database, so there's no need to create new files, just get differetn content from DB

 

2. Do you see any PHP code, when you display source in your web browser?

[cjbeck71081]

No i dont, but I also wanted to give the client the ability to create new pages.... these would obviously need to be PHP files which pull data from the DB, but how to create them??

[ScotDiddle]

cjbeck71081,

 

  It's a matter of escaping those chars that will be present on the newly created php file.

 

  The following example is a sub-set from a working script...

 

  I couldn't wrap it in [ code ] /  [ /code ] elements because this parser complained about the opening single-quotes before the closing $PHPCode[] = '?>' . " \n"; statements..

 

Hope this helps.

 

Scot L. Diddle, Richmond VA

 

<?php

 

/**

*

*  Define where to place our newly defined HZForm.php file...

*

* This is the form the user fill out, then submits for Smarty processing, and

*  subsequent email processing.

*

*/

 

$HZForm_dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

 

// Which form is the user dealing with ?

$HZForm_FileName  = 'HZForm.php';

 

$HZFormFile =  $HZForm_dir . '/' . $HZForm_FileName;

 

if (file_exists($HZFormFile)) { // Get rid of any previous HZForm.php File... It may be out of date.

 

$deleteResults = unlink($HZFormFile);

 

if (!$deleteResults) {

 

$error  =  " ERROR: Could not delete previous version of HZForm.php file.<br /><br>";

$error .=  "        Please report this error to the IS Helpdesk.  Ask for WebForms help for form: \"HAZSPILL\"<br /><br>";

echo $error;

exit;

 

}

 

}

 

/**

*

*  Tack on those items that Smarty processing complains about

*

*/

 

$debug1 = FALSE; // Display $_SESSION['POST'] vars...

$debug2 = TRUE;  // Revert to in-line JS for debugging.

 

$PHPCode = array();

 

$PHPCode[]  = '<?php' . "\n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n\t\$currentProgram = \$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; \n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n\t\$currentProgramPieces = explode('/', \$currentProgram); \n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n\t\$_PHPSELF = \$currentProgramPieces[1]; \n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\n";

 

$PHPCode[]  = "\tif (!empty(\$_POST)) {" . "\n";

 

$PHPCode[]  = "\t\t\$_SESSION['POST'] = array(); \n";

 

$PHPCode[]  = "\t\tforeach(\$_POST as \$IDX=> \$DBCandidate) {  \n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\t\t\t\$_SESSION['POST'][\$IDX] = \$DBCandidate;  \n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\t\t}" . "\n";

 

if ($debug1) { // Just above...

 

$PHPCode[] = "\t\t require_once('include/debugFunctions.php');" . "\n";

$PHPCode[] = "\t\t printArray(\$_POST, '\$_POST');" . "\n";

 

$PHPCode[] = "\t\t printArray(\$_SESSION['POST'], 'POST');" . "\n";

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

$PHPCode[] = "\t\t exit();" . "\n";

 

}

 

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

 

$PHPCode[] = "\t\trequire('include/loadHZDB.php'); \n ";

 

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

 

$PHPCode[] = "\t // exit();  \n";

 

 

$PHPCode[] = "\theader('Location: HZSmartyCall.php'); \n ";

$PHPCode[] = "\texit();  \n";

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

$PHPCode[]  = "\t}" . "\n";

 

$PHPCode[] = '?>' .  " \n";

 

$headItems  = array();

 

 

if ($debug2) { // Just above...

 

$PHPCode[]  = '<?php' . "\n";

 

$PHPCode[]  = "\techo \"<script type='text/javascript'> \n\"; \n";

 

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

$PHPCode[] = "\trequire('javascript/HZScripts.js'); \n" . "\n";

$PHPCode[] = "\n";

 

$PHPCode[]  = "\techo \"</script> \n\"; " . "\n";

 

$PHPCode[] = '?>' .  " \n";

 

}

else {

$headItems[] = "\t <script type=\"text/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"javascript/HZScripts.js\"></script> \n";

}

 

$headItems[] = "\t<link href=\"css/WebForms.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" ></link> \n";

 

$currentFormLines = $_SESSION['hzOut'];

 

$hzLine = array();

 

$lineOut = 0;

$next    = FALSE;

 

foreach($PHPCode as $PHPCodeIn) {

 

$hzLine[$lineOut] = $PHPCodeIn;

$lineOut++;

 

}

 

foreach($currentFormLines as $hzLineIn) {

 

$stristrResult = stristr($hzLineIn, '<title>');

 

if ($next) {

 

$next = FALSE;

 

foreach($headItems as $headItemsIn) {

 

$hzLine[$lineOut] = $headItemsIn;

$lineOut++;

 

}

 

}

else {

 

if ($stristrResult) {

$next = 'TRUE';

}

 

$hzLine[$lineOut] = $hzLineIn;

 

$lineOut++;

 

}

 

}

 

      $lines = count($hzLine);

     

      $fh = fopen($HZFormFile, 'w');

     

      if (!$fh) {

     

      echo "ERROR: Could not write the HAZSPILL User Form... Please report this error to the HelpDesk.";

      exit;

     

      }

 

      for ($i=0; $i < $lines; $i++) {

 

      $stristrQuery = stristr($hzLine[$i], '<textarea');

     

      if (!$stristrQuery) {

      $hzLine[$i] .= "\n";

      }

     

$success = fwrite($fh, $hzLine[$i]);

 

if (!$success) {

$errorOccured = TRUE;

}

 

      }

 

 

if (!$errorOccured) {

 

// Now that we have written out the form, show it to the user.

header('Location: ' . $HZForm_FileName );

exit;

 

}

else {

 

$error  =  " ERROR: Could not write new version of  \$_SESSION['hzOut'].php file.<br /><br>";

$error .=  "        Please report this error to the IS Helpdesk.  Ask for WebForms help for form: \"HAZSPILL\"<br /><br>";

echo $error;

 

exit;

 

}

 

?>