[SOLVED] help with script

[bga89031]

yeah hi

 

im trying to use this script to write to the second half of any line in a text file

 

<?php
$i = "";

$file = file("stats.txt");
$init = $file[$_GET["i"]];
$param = explode(",", $init);
$name = $param[0];
$num = $param[1];

if (file_exists('stats.txt')) 
{
$param[1]++;
$fil = fopen('stats.txt', r);
echo $param[1]+1;
fclose($fil);
$fil = fopen('stats.txt', w);
fwrite($fil, implode(",", $param));
fclose($fil);
}
else
{
$param[1]++;
$fil = fopen('stats.txt', w);
fwrite($fil, implode(",", $param));
echo '1';
fclose($fil);
}
echo implode(",",$param);
?>

 

where each line in the text file is composed of "string,number". basically, $i should determine the line number to write to and $num should work like a basic counter but i can't quite get this right- it replaces all of my text file with a single-digit "1". im new at this and i nothing i try seems to work.

 

help?

 

p.s. i realize this would be easier to do with mysql database but i find myself unable to acquire a decent working one at the moment

[btherl]

Try this code:

 

<?php
if (is_numeric($_GET["i"])) {
  $file = file("stats.txt");
  $init = chop($file[$_GET["i"]]);
  list($name, $num) = explode(",", $init);
  $num++;
  $file[$_GET["i"]] = implode(",", array($name, $num)) . "\n";

  # $file is now updated - write it back
  $fp = fopen("stats.txt", "w");
  foreach ($file as $line) {
    fwrite($fp, $line);
  }
  fclose($fp);
} else {
  print "'i' was not set";
}
?>

 

The chop() is related to the newline character, which separates lines in a file.  It strips it off.  Then on the implode() line I add it back in.

[bga89031]

-hug- thanks a lot, i really appreciate your help