Please help! Writing to file.

[acoole]

Hey there.

 

I want to make a PHP script that will create a .ini file and write in it.

I want it to create a $username.ini and then write in it some text.

Is this possible, and if so an example please!, Thanks!

[uniflare]

http://www.php.net/fopen

http://www.php.net/fread

http://www.php.net/fwrite

http://www.php.net/fclose

 

Example:

 

<?php

// open file (or create if non-exists) - file.username.ini
$file = fopen("file.".$_GET['usr'].".ini","a+");

// write contents
fwrite($file,"file contents");

// close the file
fclose($file);

?>

hope this helps,

[acoole]

Hey.

Thanks, but what if I want to make it so it creates a .ini file with the username of the registered account on this script

So say I was logged in as acoole using the register script

when I runned the fopen script it would make a file called acoole.ini

 

Register script: http://www.evolt.org/PHP-Login-System-with-Admin-Features

 

Thanks!

[uniflare]

try reading the links i gave you and understand how fopen etc works.

 

i will give a msll example that most likely wont be copy/pasted and voila effect.

 

<?php

$path = "./"; // this will prevent XSS

// replace $_SESSION['username'] will the variable that holds your user name
$file = fopen($path.$_SESSION['username'].".ini","a+");

// write contents
fwrite($file,"username=$_SESSION['username'];password=$_SESSION['password'];optiona=yes");

// close the file
fclose($file);

?>

 

this would create "-username here-.ini" with the contents: "username=-username here-;password=-password here-;optiona=yes"

 

obviously it will be your actual username/password and not "-username here-" literally.

 

if $_SESSION['username'] = "acoole" it will create "acoole.ini" in the current directory with those contents.

 

(NOTE: if storing passwords make sure its an encrypted/hashed string)

(Also NOTE: The files created with with procedure will remain forever unless "unlink()" is used to delete the file)

hope this helps,

[acoole]

Helped ever so much. Thanks!