flat file create/edit/delete

[soddengecko]

Hi all

I am trying to create a small app that will create a text file with a given name and content. these text files will then need to be updateable/editable and deletable.

the purpose of this is not for a database but for creating text files with data/info that is grabbed from the web or just to make some notes in a text file.

So far i have made the creation page and am able to make a text file with any name and add data to that file. I also have a small script that scans the folder and lists all the files in that folder with a link to open the file.

on the view page i have

name_of_file.txt
(view | edit | delete | upload)

so far, only view works. what i would like to know is how to get the edit and delete functions working??? the upload function can wait for now. (the app will be used locally, and upload will upload the file to a given remote directory for web viewing)

can anyone help me out?

[trq]

To add an edit feature you would simply read the file into a textarea, edit the data within the textarea, then save the new (edited) version over the old file.

To delete, use [url=http://php.net/unlink]unlink[/url].

[soddengecko]

i can use the edit and unlink function if i was using a form submition, but i am using plain hypertext links and was wondering what the code for that would be?

[taith]

[code]
<a href="?file=<?=urlencode($filename)?>">Delete</a>
[/code]

[code]
unlink(urldecode($_GET[file]));
[/code]

[soddengecko]

excellent, i shall try that as soon as i get home this evening

[soddengecko]

got it working a treat. i do however, have a slight problem. when i click delete, the file is removed but the page still displays the file and it does not refresh. i have tried using a header function to refresh but i get the cannot modify headers error and the page does not refresh at all.

here is the code

<?php



  function file_type($file){
      $path_chunks = explode("/", $file);
      $thefile = $path_chunks[count($path_chunks) - 1];
      $dotpos = strrpos($thefile, ".");
      return strtolower(substr($thefile, $dotpos + 1));
  }
  $path = "files/";
  $file_types = array('', 'txt', 'html');
  $p = opendir($path);
      while (false !== ($filename = readdir($p))) {
          $files[] = $filename;
      }
  sort($files);
      foreach ($files as $file) {
          $extension = file_type($file);
          if($file != '.' && $file != '..' && array_search($extension, $file_types)){
              $file_count++;



?>

<h2> <?=$file?></h2>
(
<a href="<?=$path.$file?>" target="_blank">View</a> |
<a href="">Edit</a> |
<a href="?file=<?=urlencode($path.$file)?>">Delete</a> |
<a href="">Upload</a>)
<br/>

<?php @unlink(urldecode($_GET[file]));
header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);?>

<?
          }
      }
?>


can anyone shed light on that for me, i am struggling and google and php.net are turning up nothing useful

[johnwayne77]

try to redirect to a cloned page which will be a refresh copy of the control panel with the desired item not showing up

[soddengecko]

Same problem unfortunately. damn good idea though.

my code obviously has to be wrong there.

[karthikeyan_coder]

BEST flatfile framwork...
http://lukeplant.me.uk/resources/flatfile/
it is having inbuilt manual...

i got it after a 30 mins research...

[soddengecko]

i came across that, but i found no use for the info. it did not help me

[soddengecko]

just to let you all know, i now have this working. i used a redirect to another page and all is fine now.

thanks for all the help and info