[SOLVED] Updating a website in PHP?

[noober]

I'm searching for an easy way for someone who has no idea how to code a website, know html, etc., to log into a page, type in a form, and basically that would be it. The new text would appear on the site and it would be updated. I've seen where you can upload a file to the server with php. I believe it's possible that by doing this would overwrite an existing file, essentially updating the site?

 

Is there a way so that when you submit a form it changes/overwrites information in a file, or the whole file itself. Possibly a .txt?

[Daniel0]

You can do something as basic as this:

<?php
$file = '/home/somebody/the_file.txt';

if(!isset($_POST['content']))
{
$content = file_get_contents($file);
echo <<<EOF
<h1>Edit file '{$file}'</h1>
<form action='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}' method='post'>
<label for='content'>Content:</label><br />
<textarea name='content' id='content'>{$content}</textarea><br />
<input type='submit' value='submit' />
</form>
EOF;
}
else {
if(file_put_contents($file, $_POST['content']))
{
	echo 'The file was updated';
}
else {
	echo 'The file could not be updated';	
}
}
?>

[noober]

Wow. I was expecting a yes or no, maybe a link to somewhere, but actual code?! I haven't seen if it works, but I can't thank you enough.

[noober]

Hmm. I seem to be getting this error. Any ideas?

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_put_contents() in /homepages/15/d223291516/htdocs/main/download.php on line 25

[revraz]

What version of PHP do you have?

[Fyorl]

Have a look at php.net/fwrite

[noober]

I'll check what version I have....but it was referring to this line.

 

if(file_put_contents($file, $_POST['content']))

[noober]

I feel so noobish!

 

I'm assuming my hosting server sets what version of php I use? Am I correct in thinking this?

 

I'm in xhtml1.0 transitional.

 

[revraz]

Create a new php file and just put

 

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

 

You'll get the version there.

 

I think the function in the above code is only in PHP5.

[noober]

Ah, yes, I managed to find the code to see what php version I'm running.

 

It's 4.47, so that would explain why it didn't work, I suppose.

[revraz]

Find out if you host offers PHP5

[noober]

OK. Eyep. My host defaults it to 4, but they have a work around to make it 5 if it is desired. Thanks eveyrone.