[SOLVED] Creating a File

[genics]

Hi genii,

 

I'm trying to create a PHP script to create a PHP script within a seperate PHP file.

 

Using the following:

 

$db_name = $_POST['db_name'];
$db_user = $_POST['db_user'];
$db_pass = $_POST['db_pass'];

$data = 

"<?php

$host	= 'localhost';
$user	= $db_user;
$pass	= $db_pass;
$name	= $db_name;

$access = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die('Could Not Connect.');

mysql_select_db($name) or die('Database Not Found.');

?>";

$file = "connect.php";

if (!$file_handle = fopen($file,"a")) {

	echo "Cannot open file. ";		
}

if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data)) {

	echo "Cannot write to file. ";		
}

fclose($file_handle);

 

I want to create a working connection script depending on the variables set in a previous form.

 

My output is:

 

<?php

	= 'localhost';
	= test;
	= test;
	= test;

 = mysql_connect(, , ) or die('Could Not Connect.');

mysql_select_db() or die('Database Not Found.');

?>

 

Can anyone help me?

 

 

[chronister]

<?php
$db_name = 'testname';
$db_user = 'testuser';
$db_pass = 'testpassword';

$data = 

'<?php

$host	= \'localhost\';
$user	= \''.$db_user.'\';
$pass	= \''.$db_pass.'\';
$name	= \''.$db_name.'\';

$access = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die(\'Could Not Connect.\');

mysql_select_db($name) or die(\'Database Not Found.\');

?>';

$file = "connect.php";

if (!$file_handle = fopen($file,"a")) {

	echo "Cannot open file. ";		
}

if (!fwrite($file_handle, $data)) {

	echo "Cannot write to file. ";		
}

fclose($file_handle);
?>

 

You have to make the data var a literal string. The variables you want to use as variables have to be escaped and concatenated properly. This works perfectly for me. It outputs:

 

newly created connect.php

<?php

$host	= 'localhost';
$user	= 'testuser';
$pass	= 'testpassword';
$name	= 'testname';

$access = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die('Could Not Connect.');

mysql_select_db($name) or die('Database Not Found.');

?>

 

Note that this script appends to the end of the file. If it is ran more than once in a directory you will get duplicates you might want to try fopen($file,"w+") so that if it already exists, it will open for reading and writing, truncate the file to zero length, and place the pointer at the beginning of the file

 

Nate

[genics]

Brilliant! Thanks Nate :-)