File that Saves Info - HTML Forums

BrandonDiaz · 09-13-2009, 06:17 PM

Hi, atm, i have a Php file that saves whatever they type in the text boxes.

looks like this

PHP Code:


			
<?php
header("Location: contact2.html");
$handle =

fopen("Contact.txt", "a");
foreach($_GET as

$variable => $value) {
fwrite($handle,

$variable);
fwrite($handle, "=");

fwrite($handle, $value);
fwrite($handle,

"\r\n");
}
fwrite($handle, "\r\n");
fclose($handle);
exit;
?>

How can i make something similiar to that, but instead of saving what all the people type in the same file, i wanted to make seperate files for each person, and the name of the file would be thier name or w.e.

Heres the example of what im talking about.
www.brandondiaz.blackapplehost.com/contact.html

Rubbish_Man · 09-14-2009, 09:15 PM

Maybe it would be better to store your info in a database.

cmetz1977 · 09-18-2009, 03:59 AM

How is the user identified? Do they log in to your site? Do they simply enter their name/identifier in the form they are filling?

Once you identify the user with, say $user, just insert that variable into the filename.

PHP Code:


			
fopen( "Contact.{$user}.txt", "a" );

or fopen( "Contact_{$user}.txt", "a" );

or fopen( "Contact" .$user .".txt", "a" );

or fopen( "Contact_" .$user .".txt", "a" );

...

There's quite a few ways to phrase that. If you are going to place the variable within the same quoted string as, and abutted to symbols, be sure to wrap your variable reference in "{" and "}" or PHP will try to look for a variable called $user_ or whatnot.

Consider the database as well, it offers several advantages to sort your data, including timestamping for ordering...