[SOLVED] help with writing to a file ...

[imarockstar]

Inmy script I am trying to create and write to a new php file .. everything works great until I try to put in what I want to write ... I am trying to write PHP code to a php file ...

 

this is what I am trying to write to the pho file

 

// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = 'change this to your name';
$yourEmail = 'you@yourdomain.com';
$yourSubject = 'change to your subject line';
$referringPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php';


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It's using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
if ( isset($_POST['sendContactEmail']) )
{
$to = $yourEmail;
$subject = $yourSubject.': '.$_POST['posRegard'];
$message = cleanPosUrl($_POST['posText']);
$headers = "From: ".cleanPosUrl($_POST['posName'])." <".$_POST['posEmail'].">\r\n";
$headers .= 'To: '.$yourName.' <'.$yourEmail.'>'."\r\n";
$mailit = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
	if ( @$mailit ) {
	header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?success=true');
	}
	else {
	header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?error=true');
	}
}

 

but since its code its throwing errors .. how can I put the above into a string and write it to a file ?

 

thx

 

 

[premiso]

Your main issue is going to be the use of both single and double quotes. Stick to one. That way you can put the whole thing into a string properly without having to escape the characters.

 

Chances are the errors are being thrown cause of " or ' single quotes. I would escape the double quotes around the \r\n since those need the double quotes.

 

Let me know if that fixes your issue.

[imarockstar]

this is my error ..

 

also  .what is the correct way to escape a character ...

 

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/franklin/public_html/sites/rssnewsite/install/step_03.php on line 32

 

[premiso]

<?php
$writeToFile = "// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = 'change this to your name';
$yourEmail = 'you@yourdomain.com';
$yourSubject = 'change to your subject line';
$referringPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php';


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It's using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
   if ( isset($_POST['sendContactEmail']) )
   {
   $to = $yourEmail;
   $subject = $yourSubject.': '.$_POST['posRegard'];
   $message = cleanPosUrl($_POST['posText']);
   $headers = 'From: '.cleanPosUrl($_POST['posName']).' <'.$_POST['posEmail'].\">\r\n\";
   $headers .= 'To: '.$yourName.' <'.$yourEmail.'>'.\"\r\n\";
   $mailit = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
      if ( @$mailit ) {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?success=true');
      }
      else {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?error=true');
      }
   }";
?>

 

That should allow you to write to a file. You use \ to escape certain characters. So to escape the double quote its \"  as seen above.

[imarockstar]

this is line 32

 

if ( isset($_POST['sendContactEmail']) )

 

[imarockstar]

here is my full script .. to which i am gettng  that error for line 32

 

 

<?php

$cfname  = isset($_POST['cfname'])  ? trim($_POST['cfname'])  : '';
$cfemail  = isset($_POST['cfemail'])  ? trim($_POST['cfemail'])  : '';
$cfsubject  = isset($_POST['cfsubject'])  ? trim($_POST['cfsubject'])  : '';
$submit = $_POST['submit'];
$flag = $_POST['flag'];
$query = "dbc";
$dolla = "$";



if ( isset($_POST['submit']) & $cfname >= '1' & $cfemail >= '1' & $cfsubject >= '1'   ) { 


$myFile = "../includes/settings2.php";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");

$stringData = "<?php

// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = 'change this to your name';
$yourEmail = 'you@yourdomain.com';
$yourSubject = 'change to your subject line';
$referringPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php';


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It's using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
   if ( isset($_POST['sendContactEmail']) )
   {
   $to = $yourEmail;
   $subject = $yourSubject.': '.$_POST['posRegard'];
   $message = cleanPosUrl($_POST['posText']);
   $headers = 'From: '.cleanPosUrl($_POST['posName']).' <'.$_POST['posEmail'].\">\r\n\";
   $headers .= 'To: '.$yourName.' <'.$yourEmail.'>'.\"\r\n\";
   $mailit = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
      if ( @$mailit ) {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?success=true');
      }
      else {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?error=true');
      }
   }
?>
";



fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

//echo "test the output : yes it worked";

header("Location: step_04.php");

}


?>

 

 

[rhodesa]

<?php

$cfname  = isset($_POST['cfname'])  ? trim($_POST['cfname'])  : '';
$cfemail  = isset($_POST['cfemail'])  ? trim($_POST['cfemail'])  : '';
$cfsubject  = isset($_POST['cfsubject'])  ? trim($_POST['cfsubject'])  : '';
$submit = $_POST['submit'];
$flag = $_POST['flag'];
$query = "dbc";
$dolla = "$";



if ( isset($_POST['submit']) & $cfname >= '1' & $cfemail >= '1' & $cfsubject >= '1'   ) { 


$myFile = "../includes/settings2.php";
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");

  ob_start();
?>
// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = 'change this to your name';
$yourEmail = 'you@yourdomain.com';
$yourSubject = 'change to your subject line';
$referringPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php';


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It's using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
   if ( isset($_POST['sendContactEmail']) )
   {
   $to = $yourEmail;
   $subject = $yourSubject.': '.$_POST['posRegard'];
   $message = cleanPosUrl($_POST['posText']);
   $headers = 'From: '.cleanPosUrl($_POST['posName']).' <'.$_POST['posEmail'].\">\r\n\";
   $headers .= 'To: '.$yourName.' <'.$yourEmail.'>'.\"\r\n\";
   $mailit = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
      if ( @$mailit ) {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?success=true');
      }
      else {
      header('Location: '.$referringPage.'?error=true');
      }
   }
<?php
  $stringData = "<?php\n".ob_get_clean()."\n?>";

fwrite($fh, $stringData);
fclose($fh);

//echo "test the output : yes it worked";

header("Location: step_04.php");

}


?>

[imarockstar]

i figured it out .. i had to escape al the $ signs ...

 

thanks

[premiso]

I forgot that you needed to escape the $ also.

 

$stringData = "<?php

// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = 'change this to your name';
$yourEmail = 'you@yourdomain.com';
$yourSubject = 'change to your subject line';
$referringPage = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php';


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It's using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
   if ( isset(\$_POST['sendContactEmail']) )
   {
   $to = $yourEmail;
   $subject = $yourSubject.': '.\$_POST['posRegard'];
   $message = cleanPosUrl(\$_POST['posText']);
   $headers = 'From: '.cleanPosUrl(\$_POST['posName']).' <'.\$_POST['posEmail'].\">\r\n\";
   $headers .= 'To: '.\$yourName.' <'.\$yourEmail.'>'.\"\r\n\";
   $mailit = mail(\$to,\$subject,\$message,\$headers);
      if ( @\$mailit ) {
      header('Location: '.\$referringPage.'?success=true');
      }
      else {
      header('Location: '.\$referringPage.'?error=true');
      }
   }
?>
";

 

Should work.

 

Or you could just change the ' to double like so:

 

$stringData = '<?php

// Change the 4 variables below
$yourName = "change this to your name";
$yourEmail = "you@yourdomain.com";
$yourSubject = "change to your subject line";
$referringPage = "http://www.yourdomain.com/contact.php";


// No need to edit below unless you really want to. It"s using a simple php mail() function. Use your own if you want
function cleanPosUrl ($str) {
return stripslashes($str);
}
   if ( isset($_POST["sendContactEmail"]) )
   {
   $to = $yourEmail;
   $subject = $yourSubject.": ".$_POST["posRegard"];
   $message = cleanPosUrl($_POST["posText"]);
   $headers = "From: ".cleanPosUrl($_POST["posName"])." <".$_POST["posEmail"].\">\r\n\";
   $headers .= "To: ".$yourName." <".$yourEmail.">".\"\r\n\";
   $mailit = mail($to,$subject,$message,\$headers);
      if ( @$mailit ) {
      header("Location: ".$referringPage."?success=true");
      }
      else {
      header("Location: ".$referringPage."?error=true");
      }
   }
?>
';