[SOLVED] HTML FORMS & PHP

[TheJoey]

when i used them as a single string i got the error saying, that fwrite can only process 3 paramatters

[Adam]

'join' / 'concatenate' the strings before using them with frwite...

 

 

[TheJoey]

Sorry i guess i shouldnt of posted here. I dont know how do these things you ask off.

Ill just do a little more reading i guess.

Thanks

[Adam]

There are many ways you can join a string, probably the most simplest method being to concatenate several variables together, for example:

 

$user_info = $fname . "\n" . $lname . "\n" . $email; //etc.

 

It would depend how you want the information formatted in the text file though as to what you would join them together with. In the example I'm using "\n" which is a line break. So the data in the text file would end up being (with example data):

 

John

Smith

jsmith@example.com

 

You'd probably want either a double line break ("\n\n") or some form of delimiter to know 2 sets of data apart. The example I gave is, as I mentioned using line breaks, but you could also use other delimiters such as:

 

$user_info = $fname . "||" . $lname . "||" . $email; //etc.

 

Which would give you:

 

John||Smith||jsmith@example.com

 

You could then separate sets of data up with a line break or a different delimiter (e.g. "||||").

 

If you're feeling up to it though I'd suggest entering the user data into an array and using JSON or serialize, store the data in a more interchangeable format.

[TheJoey]

Before i try your code i think i may have got it to work this way

Only problem is that it doesnt the ELSE

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');

if (isset($_POST['email'] ,
	 $_POST['fname'] ,
	 $_POST['lname'] ,
	 $_POST['age'] ,
	 $_POST['address'] ,
	 $_POST['city']))
{
    // some form of email validation
    $email = ($_POST['email']);
$fname = ($_POST['fname']);
$lname = ($_POST['lname']);
$age   = ($_POST['age']);
$address = ($_POST['address']);
$city  = ($_POST['city']);

    // write-to file
    $filename = 'text.txt';

    // attempt to open the file
    if ($handle = fopen($filename, 'a'))
    {
        // attempt to write to the file
        if (!fwrite	($handle, $email));
	if (!fwrite	($handle, $fname));
	if (!fwrite	($handle, $lname));
	if (!fwrite	($handle, $age));
	if (!fwrite	($handle, $address));
	if (!fwrite	($handle, $city));

        {
            echo 'Cannot write to file';
        }
	else
        {
            echo 'Added to our System';
        }
    }

    fclose($handle);
}
   
?>

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in C:\xampplite\htdocs\part2\text1.php on line 37

 

its just a different way ive tried it, i am also working on the example u provided.