Mailing List

[st0rmer]

I am making a simple mailing list, and i have created a form which adds a persons email to a php document. I'm not sure about how i woould remove an email from the php document though? Any ideas?

[phpknight]

You probably want a database for this.

[st0rmer]

But could i do it without a database?

[premiso]

Its a pain in the butt.

 

Basically you load all the emails into an array using www.php.net/file

 

From that you loop through writing the emails to the file and making sure you do an if check to omit the email you want removed.

[phpknight]

Trust me.  Use a database.  From a design standpoint, that makes for a big headache down the road.

 

[st0rmer]

OK, i'll do some research on what you've said premiso

 

The reason i can't use a daatabase is that i need toi do this at a school, where php is available but mysql is not.

[The Little Guy]

use a text file:

<?php
$fileName = "location/of/orignal/file/my_file.txt";
$handle = fopen($fileName, "r");
while (!feof($handle)){
    $text = fgets($handle);
    echo $text;
}
?>

 

place one email on each line, then instead of echo $text; use the mail function.

[st0rmer]

Any ideas on removing the emails fom the text document then The Little Guy?