Read and write flat files using php

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hello

i want to store submitted data of forms to a text file and retrieve from there, coz my hosting server package does not have the features of mysql database. can any one help me in this issue..

best regards

Jul 11 '07 #1

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hello

i want to store submitted data of forms to a text file and retrieve from there, coz my hosting server package does not have the features of mysql database. can any one help me in this issue..

best regards

Hi there,
This a simple script to write such data to text file.Commonly saying flat files.

Write user inputs :

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<?php

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$Fname = $_POST['fname'];

$Lname = $_POST['lname'];

$fp = fopen("data.txt","a");// Open data.txt for writing

if(!$fp) {

    echo 'Error, the file could not be opened or there was an error creating it.';

    exit;

}

if(@fwrite($fp, $Fname.'|'.$Lname."\n")){

echo 'Record Added';

}else{

echo 'Failed';

}

fclose($fp);

}

?>

<html>

<body>

<form name="input" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']?>">

<p><label for="firstname">First Name: </label>

<input type="text" name="fname" id="fname" /></p>

<p><label for="firstname">Last Name: </label>

<input type="text" name="lname" id="lname" />

<p><input type="reset" name="reset" value="reset" /> 

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" /></p>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Read flat file back.

read this thread

But I will never recomend this type of flat file system for record handling. its better only for few records only. when the file gets lagrer it won't be able to mange anymore.

Thanks!
-Ajaxrand

Jul 11 '07 #2

ak1dnar

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Thread title changed to better describe the scenario

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Jul 11 '07 #3

riyadh81

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thank you very much for your perfect guidance.

the script you provided was perfect n worked. if i want to show the insert data in of text file to php page. how can i do that thing

thanking you

Jul 11 '07 #4

ak1dnar

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thank you very much for your perfect guidance.

the script you provided was perfect n worked. if i want to show the insert data in of text file to php page. how can i do that thing

thanking you

Do you want to read the inserted records from flat file again.
Read the Thread Link I gave in my previous post.

Jul 11 '07 #5

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