how can i give text HTML formatting after a usser subits a form

[Baxt01]

i have a form with a <textarea> on it and the usser will submit a list into the text area once they click submit this list is saved into a .txt file on my server the usser's list is formatted as

 

item1

item2

item3

item4

item5

item6

item7

item8

item9

item10

and so on,

when they hit submit and this list is saved in my .txt file the list becomes

 

item1item2item3item4item5item6item7item8item9item10andsoon

 

then once saved i am ussing the php to display this on the ending page like this  <?php include('top100stats.txt'); ?>

to open the contents of the txt file
 

i need some how to keep the orignal list formatting so that each item is on a new line of course there is the list tags <li> but how do i add this tags to my saved .txt file

[cataiin]

<form method="post">

    <textarea name="textarea"></textarea>

    <input type="submit" />

</form>

<?php

$file = "text.txt";

$text = $_POST["textarea"];

$text_ok = nl2br($text);

file_put_contents($file, $text_ok);

include "text.txt";

?>

 

Edited September 19, 2013 by cataiin

[Barand]

cataiin,

 

No.

 

Use nl2br() on output in the browser. Store data with just the newlines.

[cataiin]

cataiin,

 

No.

 

Use nl2br() on output in the browser. Store data with just the newlines.

 

Yes, you're right! My mistake, sorry.

Edited September 21, 2013 by cataiin

[Baxt01]

sorry been offline a little while here just startted back into full time employement haha,

think i am missing my computer already,

thanks for the help but yet again i hit another issue now i am startting to wonder why i want to learn php i have so many issues with my codes,

 

here is my script so far:

 

<?php

 

$player_name = $_POST['player_name'];
$fp = fopen('top100stats.txt', 'w');

fwrite($fp, $player_name);

fclose($fp);
echo '<h2>You data has been saved in a text file!</h2>';

 

?>

 

ok i thought i was getting there when i submitted my form and i recived back the message from the "echo"

However when i go onto my server and open top100stats.txt it is blank there are no saved records

so the server is telling me that a record has been creatted but in fact it is not anyone got any idea why its not saving and not giving an error????????????

[DFulg]

Make sure your error_reporting is set to E_ALL or -1 and display_errors is set to 'On' or 1. You should be receiving some kind of error.

In any case, add some debugging:

$fp = fopen('top100stats.txt', 'r'); //open the file read-only to verify that it exists.
if ( $fp === false ) { //cannot open the file
   echo "Error while attempting to open the file.";
} else { // file opened successfully, display message
   echo '<h2>File exists!</h2>';
}

Edited September 23, 2013 by DFulg

[Baxt01]

ok now i again thank you all for been so kind with promp helping of me;

and have to say i think the reason i am loving learning PHP is that any error i have had so far is usually dumb and i can work it out with little prompts i just have to go away to work and come back and take a frsh look at my coding and suddenly the issue pops right out at me hahaha

i was putting the coding that catain gave me into the wrong file and forgot to change the field names to match my form fields /DOH

thanks again peoples