functions and variables help.

[just-j]

ok  im not going to put the exact code because i dont have it here with me.  but here what im trying to do
function BLABLA($var1, $var2)
{
echo $var1;
echo $var2;
}

$test1 = $_POST['bla1'];
$test2 = $_POST['bla2'];
BLABLA($test1, $test2);

thats not the exact code and not even what i want it to do.. im actually writing to a text file in the function.. but what happens is it writes $test1 $test2 to the file and not what is contained in the variable..  how do i get it to write what $test1 and $test2 is referring to instead of actually writing '$test1 $test2'??

[kenrbnsn]

The code you've posted should work fine. Post the exact code that isn't working please.

Ken

[just-j]

booted up my creation station (laptop)  here is the exact php code

[code]
<?php
function WriteTo($fileloc, $towrite) {
$fo = fopen($fileloc,"a+ ");
fwrite($fo, $towrite);
fclose($fo);
}
$user = $_POST['user'];
$bio = $_POST['bio'];
WriteTo('testing.txt', '$user $bio');
?>
[/code]


its writes $user $bio in the text file. i also tried takeing out the single quotes around $user $bio and i get an error when i do that.

one more thing.. if you can help me fix this, then how would i make it break to a new line at the end when writing to the text file.  instead of starting exactly where it left off?

[spyke01]

i think you can add \n or \r to the end of the $toWrite variable, i forget which one you should use

[just-j]

ok  that answers that.. but what about the other problem.. the one im more conserned about...  please help

[spyke01]

what you want to do is this
[code]
WriteTo('testing.txt', $user . $bio);
[/code]

[just-j]

i figured it out... putting the variables in "double quotes" worked..  now that /n /r thing.. i added it but it writes a little box in the .txt file this is the code fwrite($fo, $towrite /n);  what am i doing wrong.. i just want it to start a new line so when i write to the .txt file again it'll start on the new fresh line.

[spyke01]

the little box is the newline character, sometimes notepad freadks out on it, if you copy and paste it into say wordpad it will change it to a new line, try these two

fwrite($fo, $towrite . "/n");
fwrite($fo, $towrite . "/r");

im suprised php isnt throwing errors the way your doing your variables, if you are doing anything wih multiple variables(echo, print, functions, etc) then the . is your friend. it appends one variable onto the end of the other