Use Form Data to Create XML File?

[Sepia]

I am brand new to PHP but would like to create a form in an HTML page that will use the data entered into it to display an XML file.

 

Something like this:

http://www.edutech.ch/vista/imsimport.php

Go down to User Section Enrollment

 

I fould this tutorial:

http://www.topxml.com/php_simplexml/default.asp

 

but didnt really understand it and was getting error messages when trying to use it:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /xml/php/employee.php on line 8

 

if(isset($_POST['create_employee'])){
        echo "Employee Data Posted";
        $xmlfileName = $_POST['xmlfileName'];
        $empName = $_POST['empName'];
        $empAddress = $_POST['empAddress'];
        $empSSN = $_POST['empSSN'];
        $empCompany = $_POST['empCompany'];
        $xml_dec = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>";
        $rootELementStart = "<employee>";
        $rootElementEnd = "</employee>";
        $xml_doc=  $xml_dec;
        $xml_doc .=  $rootELementStart;
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empName;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empAddress;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empSSN;
        $xml_doc .=  "</SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empCompany;
        $xml_doc .=  "</company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $rootElementEnd;
        $default_dir = "xml_files/";
        $default_dir .=   $xmlfileName .".xml";
        $fp = fopen($default_dir,'w');
        $write = fwrite($fp,$xml_doc);

 

Does anyone know of another tutorial is have any pointers to get me started?

 

Thanks.

[per1os]

Are you by change using <? or <?php

 

If you are using <? I would suggest switching to <?php  for some reason there tends to be conflicts with the two.

[Sepia]

I wasn't using either.

 

That is literally my whole PHP.

 

I am beginer.

[per1os]

<?php
if(isset($_POST['create_employee'])){
        echo "Employee Data Posted";
        $xmlfileName = $_POST['xmlfileName'];
        $empName = $_POST['empName'];
        $empAddress = $_POST['empAddress'];
        $empSSN = $_POST['empSSN'];
        $empCompany = $_POST['empCompany'];
        $xml_dec = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>";
        $rootELementStart = "<employee>";
        $rootElementEnd = "</employee>";
        $xml_doc=  $xml_dec;
        $xml_doc .=  $rootELementStart;
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empName;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empAddress;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empSSN;
        $xml_doc .=  "</SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empCompany;
        $xml_doc .=  "</company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $rootElementEnd;
        $default_dir = "xml_files/";
        $default_dir .=   $xmlfileName .".xml";
        $fp = fopen($default_dir,'w');
        $write = fwrite($fp,$xml_doc);
?>

 

Should work.

[Sepia]

Thanks but now I am getting:

parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in xml/php/employee.php on line 31

 

<?php
if(isset($_POST['create_employee'])){
        echo "Employee Data Posted";
        $xmlfileName = $_POST['xmlfileName'];
        $empName = $_POST['empName'];
        $empAddress = $_POST['empAddress'];
        $empSSN = $_POST['empSSN'];
        $empCompany = $_POST['empCompany'];
        $xml_dec = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>";
        $rootELementStart = "<employee>";
        $rootElementEnd = "</employee>";
        $xml_doc=  $xml_dec;
        $xml_doc .=  $rootELementStart;
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empName;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empAddress;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empSSN;
        $xml_doc .=  "</SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empCompany;
        $xml_doc .=  "</company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $rootElementEnd;
        $default_dir = "xml_files/";
        $default_dir .=   $xmlfileName .".xml";
        $fp = fopen($default_dir,'w');
        $write = fwrite($fp,$xml_doc);
?>

 

[per1os]

<?php
if(isset($_POST['create_employee'])){
        echo "Employee Data Posted";
        $xmlfileName = $_POST['xmlfileName'];
        $empName = $_POST['empName'];
        $empAddress = $_POST['empAddress'];
        $empSSN = $_POST['empSSN'];
        $empCompany = $_POST['empCompany'];
        $xml_dec = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>";
        $rootELementStart = "<employee>";
        $rootElementEnd = "</employee>";
        $xml_doc=  $xml_dec;
        $xml_doc .=  $rootELementStart;
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empName;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeename>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empAddress;
        $xml_doc .=  "</employeeaddress>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empSSN;
        $xml_doc .=  "</SSN>";
        $xml_doc .=  "<company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $empCompany;
        $xml_doc .=  "</company>";
        $xml_doc .=  $rootElementEnd;
        $default_dir = "xml_files/";
        $default_dir .=   $xmlfileName .".xml";
        $fp = fopen($default_dir,'w');
        $write = fwrite($fp,$xml_doc);
}
?>

[TheJoey]

i am also trying to do something similar, how did u go, i tried visiting one of ur links but it was refered to as unsafe by google stating that 900 malicus files were downloaded to ones computer without consent