making files

[newb]

how do you make a file in php. like mkdir, is there a function for making files...

[dymon]

Such a function is touch().

Try this link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.touch.php

[redbullmarky]

sure, touch will create a file if it doesnt exist, but its primary aim is to alter the date/time of a file.

what you want to look at is [url=http://uk.php.net/fopen]fopen[/url] which is for both opening existing and creating new files.

[newb]

thanks, fopen works perfect.

[newb]

i have another problem. this could doesnt work anyone can help me??
[code]
<?php

mkdir("$dir/modules/$_POST[title]", 0777);
fopen("$dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php", 'w');
$somecontent = "<?php
if (realpath(__FILE__) == realpath($_SERVER[SCRIPT_FILENAME])) {
header('Location: ../../index.php'); die(); }


$query = $config->query("SELECT * FROM table_mod_page WHERE title = '$_GET[mod]'");
    $row = mysql_fetch_array($query);
    $data = $row[body];
    echo $data;
?>";

if (is_writable("$dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php")) {
  if (!$handle = fopen("$dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php", 'a')) {
        echo "Cannot open file ($dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php)";
        exit;
  }

  if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {
      echo "Cannot write to file ($dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php)";
      exit;
  }
 
  echo "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php)";
 
  fclose($handle);

} else {
  echo "The file $dir/modules/$_POST[title]/index.php is not writable";
}
?>
[/code]

[newb]

help1?!?!

[redbullmarky]

you'll need to be specific about what the script is/isnt doing. do you get errors? do you get anything output to the screen at all? as you're involving the database and the filesystem, each which can cause problems other than the PHP script alone, it's hard to tell just from looking at it...

[Barand]

Take a look at the code you posted in reply #4 above and pay attention to the color coding. Strings should be red, php functions blue. So if the red spills onto the function calls you have a " or a ' missing somewhere to close a string literal.

[newb]

i dont get what ur saying someone help please not working.

[Barand]

[pre]

                  your string starts here
                  |
                  |
$somecontent = "<?php
if (realpath(__FILE__) == realpath($_SERVER[SCRIPT_FILENAME])) {
header('Location: ../../index.php'); die(); }


$query = $config->query("SELECT * FROM table_mod_page WHERE title = '$_GET[mod]'");
                          |
                          |
                          |
                          and finishes here !!!
[/pre]

[redbullmarky]

on this line:

[code]
$query = $config->query("SELECT * FROM table_mod_page WHERE title = '$_GET[mod]'");
[/code]
the first double quote is effectively closing the opening quote as pointed out by barand. if you want to enclose double quotes within double quotes, or single quotes within single quotes, you need to escape them. so the above line will become:

[code]
        $query = $config->query(\"SELECT * FROM table_mod_page WHERE title = '$_GET[mod]'\");
[/code]
note the two backslashes \ i added.

[newb]

OH OK THANK U SO MUCH REDBULL THATS ALL I NEEDED EVERYONE ELSE WASNT HELPING ME MUCH.

[Barand]

Sorry, Newb. I didn't realise you still needed to be spoon-fed.

[redbullmarky]

[quote author=Barand link=topic=111542.msg452269#msg452269 date=1160951397]
Sorry, Newb. I didn't realise you still needed to be spoon-fed.
[/quote]
;D ;D
no worries newb, however a tad unfair - i learnt many a thing from barand in the early days and the fact that he took the time to help (and actually gave you the solution, albeit in a different way) makes your comment a bit off. have a little more appreciation.