Example Of How To Use Fopen Function In Php Write To Files
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Example Of How To Use Fopen Function In Php Write To Files
Post Description: example of how to use fopen function in php write to files
POST# 664
Posted On: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:01 pm
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Topic: Example Of How To Use Fopen Function In Php Write To Files
here is a script i wrote to test how to edit files in your server with fopen funcion in php..



step 1: create a file called test.php and give it 777 permission (if linux) if windows, dont have to give permissions



step2. open notepad and copy and paste the following code and save it as fopen.php






<?

$filename = 'test.php';

if(isset($_REQUEST['Submit'])){

$somecontent = stripslashes($_POST['somecontent']);

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.

if (is_writable($filename)) {


// In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.

// The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence

// that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.

if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w')) {

echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";

exit;

}


// Write $somecontent to our opened fi<form action="" method="get"></form>le.

if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {

echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";

exit;

}


echo "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($filename) <a href=".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."> - Continue - ";


fclose($handle);


} else {

echo "The file $filename is not writable";

}

}

else{

// get contents of a file into a string


$handle = fopen($filename, "r");

$somecontent = fread($handle, filesize($filename));

fclose($handle);

?>

<h1>Edit file <? echo $filename ;?></h1>

<form name="form1" method="post" action="">

<p>

<textarea name="somecontent" cols="80" rows="10"><? echo $somecontent ;?></textarea>

</p>

<p>

<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">

</p>

</form>


<?

}

?>

<p align="center">script by <a href="http://www.wallpaperama.com">wallpaperama.com</a></p>

<p align="center">support and hosting by <a href="http://www.webune.com">webune.com</a> </p>






now upload to your server and open it with your browser, you'll be able to edit the file with your browser. this is cool.


Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:54 pm
1
Sparky
Reply #1538
thansk that really helped being looking for hours most i found would edit php but i needed to xml and yours worked where others all failed big thanks :-)
Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:59 pm
2
Saravanan
Reply #1539
good script. some error in file opening. remove the else statement for first if block.
Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:03 pm
3
webune
Reply #1540
if you want to append the file instead of writing something new all you have to do is change line 12 of this script

from this:
if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w')) {


to this:
if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w+')) {

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