phpflatfile form linebreak

[danielandlisa]

 

php flatfile blog problem

Hi i was lucky to get help earlier so i try again . i a problem with the  flatfile script and that is that i cant make any line breaks in the form when i try to send data to the flatfile it displays all linebreaks as br after the server handle it. what i want to do is simply make the server handle the linebreaks as html and not text can that be done?

 

the code is

 

blog.php

 

<?

echo "<font face=verdana >";

$opFile = "blogfile.txt";

 

// Opens Blog File to read or dies

$fp = fopen($opFile,"r") or die("Error Reading File");

  $data = fread($fp, filesize($opFile));

fclose($fp);

 

// Explodes data at line breaks

$line = explode("\n", $data);

$i=count($line);

 

for ($n=0 ; $n < $i-1 ; $n++ ) {

  $blog = explode("|", $line[$n]);

 

  if (isset($blog[0]))

  {

    echo "name: " .$blog[0]."<br>";

    echo " date: " .$blog[1]."<br>";

    echo " subject: " .$blog[2]."<br>";

    echo " message: " .$blog[3]."<br><br>";

   

 

    }

}

 

  ?>

 

 

post.php the file i use the form to post to

<?php

 

$filename = "blogfile.txt";

 

if (!isset($meddelande)) {

$namn = $_POST['name'];

//$date = $_POST['date'];

$ämne = $_POST['subject'];

$message = $_POST['message'];

 

}

 

$postdate = date('d M Y');

 

$blog = $name."|".$postdate."|".$subject."|".$message."|[end]\n" ;

 

$data = fopen($filename, "a");

fwrite($data, $blog);

fclose($data);

echo "message sent";

?>

 

And ofcourse i got the post message and text file but i guess  you dont need that.

 

                              / lisa

 

[premiso]

nl2br

 

I believe is what you are looking for...

 

<?php

$filename = "blogfile.txt";

if (!isset($meddelande)) {
$namn = $_POST['name'];
//$date = $_POST['date'];
$ämne = $_POST['subject'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

}

$postdate = date('d M Y');

$blog = $name."|".$postdate."|".$subject."|".nl2br($message)."|[end]\n" ; // line modified here.

$data = fopen($filename, "a");
fwrite($data, $blog);
fclose($data);
echo "message sent";
?>

[danielandlisa]

Hi, thanks again but this time it didnt work. any other suggestions?

[premiso]

Maybe I mis-interpreted it...

 

Hi i was lucky to get help earlier so i try again . i a problem with the  flatfile script and that is that i cant make any line breaks in the form when i try to send data to the flatfile it displays all linebreaks as br after the server handle it. what i want to do is simply make the server handle the linebreaks as html and not text can that be done?

 

Do you not want it to display as <br>? Instead you would rather it display as \n and you want the HTML to display it like it would display in notepad or another text-editing application?

 

Can you provide an example of a post and how it displays then the same post with how it should display? I think that would help clear things up and help to get you the correct answer, cause I think you contradict yourself in your question, which is where my confusion is coming from.

[danielandlisa]

I  think you got it right the first time want it to display as in a usual xhtml page when i hit a br in the form i want the line to break

like

text text text text text   

new line tezt text text

 

as it is now i get a long line without breaks but it displays the br html code right on the page

liket his text br

 

[premiso]

Scratch that update post.php and go back to your old one. Then use this to display the data.

 

<?php
echo "<font face=verdana >";
$opFile = "blogfile.txt";

// Opens Blog File to read or dies
$fp = fopen($opFile,"r") or die("Error Reading File");
  $data = fread($fp, filesize($opFile));
fclose($fp);

// Explodes data at line breaks
$line = explode("\n", $data);
$i=count($line);

for ($n=0 ; $n < $i-1 ; $n++ ) {
  $blog = explode("|", $line[$n]);

  if (isset($blog[0]))
   {
    echo "name: " .$blog[0]."<br>";
    echo " date: " .$blog[1]."<br>";
    echo " subject: " .$blog[2]."<br>";
    echo " message: " .nl2br($blog[3])."<br><br>";// changed this line here
    }
}
?> 

 

That should display it correctly with the brs in place.

[danielandlisa]

thanks again, unfortunately it dont work for some reason im sure the code is right but it dont the work done.

Maybe its because im running php locally ?

[premiso]

thanks again, unfortunately it dont work for some reason im sure the code is right but it dont the work done.

Maybe its because im running php locally ?

 

Shouldn't be that problem. Can you post the first few lines of your blogfile.txt inside the [ code] and [ /code] tags (without initial space)

 

It could be that the \n's are throwing off the code and if I have it to test I can provide a more accurate response to the question.

[danielandlisa]

thanks i appreciate it, the text file looks like this

 

lisa|05 Jan 2009|hello|text tezt text text br text text text|[end]

[premiso]

thanks i appreciate it, the text file looks like this

 

lisa|05 Jan 2009|hello|text tezt text text[br] text text text|[end]

 

Is the br in there as

 

[br]

?

 

If so, this would work:

<?php
echo "<font face=verdana >";
$opFile = "blogfile.txt";

// Opens Blog File to read or dies
$fp = fopen($opFile,"r") or die("Error Reading File");
  $data = fread($fp, filesize($opFile));
fclose($fp);

// Explodes data at line breaks
$line = explode("\n", $data);
$i=count($line);

for ($n=0 ; $n < $i-1 ; $n++ ) {
  $blog = explode("|", $line[$n]);

  if (isset($blog[0]))
   {
    echo "name: " .$blog[0]."<br>";
    echo " date: " .$blog[1]."<br>";
    echo " subject: " .$blog[2]."<br>";
    echo " message: " .str_replace("[br]", "<br />", $blog[3])."<br><br>";// changed this line here
    }
}
?> 

 

I just wonder where/how it gets converted to a [ br]..as I do not see that in your code...

[danielandlisa]

YES , you are the master . Thanks that did the job.

will you be here tomorrow i got some more problems with a login script and sessions? Or am i hopingfor to much?

maybe i could even add you to msn ? if you can find the time to help me with some more things i be happy to pay for your time

[premiso]

YES , you are the master . Thanks that did the job.

will you be here tomorrow i got some more problems with a login script and sessions? Or am i hopingfor to much?

 

 

Unless I call in sick, I should be.

[danielandlisa]

OK thanks i really appreciate it , i look forward to it.

[Maq]

YES , you are the master . Thanks that did the job.

will you be here tomorrow i got some more problems with a login script and sessions? Or am i hopingfor to much?

 

 

Unless I call in sick, I should be.

 

Hehe, posting on the forums instead of doing your work...?  tisk tisk.