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**Celtboy** · Mar 1, 2004, 11:07 PM

there are two methods - count number of times quotes[*] appears, and add one, insert line, and two, read all in, parse last instance of value between the brackets in 'quotes[]' before function, add one, append line...

i'lll whip something up soon.

**coacl** · Mar 1, 2004, 11:39 PM

Thanks Celtboy, and please whip something up- I could use an example.

**Celtboy** · Mar 2, 2004, 09:50 PM

provided you don't change the ran.txt file any, this should get you started:

PHP Code:


<?php



/* Display the Form */

if (!isset($_POST["go"])) {

   print "<html>\n\n";

   print "<body>\n";

   print "   <form action=\"\" method=\"post\">\n";

   print "      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"go\" value=\"1\" />\n";

   print "      Quote Text <input type=\"text\" name=\"quote\" /><br/>\n";

   print "      Quote Author <input type=\"text\" name=\"author\" /><br/>\n";

   print "      <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Add Quote\">\n";

   print "   </form>\n\n";

   print "   </body>\n";

   print "</html>";

   exit;

}





$quote_file = "ran.txt";

$js_function_name = "function displayQuote()";

$fp_array = explode($js_function_name,file_get_contents($quote_file));



$content = explode("quotes[",$fp_array[0]);



/* this should all be one line */

$new_quote = "quotes[" . (sizeof($content) - 1) . "] = " . "'" . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>" . "'\r\n\r\n";



/* Actually write the new quote to the file */

$fp = fopen($quote_file,"w+");

   fputs($fp, $fp_array[0]);

   fputs($fp, $new_quote);

   fputs($fp, $js_function_name);

   fputs($fp, $fp_array[1]);

fclose($fp);



print "You sucessfully added the following quote: " . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>";



?>

let me know if you don't understand the code.

HTH,
-Celt

**coacl** · Mar 3, 2004, 08:26 PM

I think I understand but I'm having some problems with server restrictions, just to be sure-

I add the exact php code you gave to a .php file with nothing but the code, then add this form to my random page :

<form action= "http://www.freewebs.com/pozzuolana/ran.php" method= "post">
<input type="hidden" name="go" value="1"/><br />
<input type="text" name="quote" value="Quote"/><br />
<input type="text" name="author" value="Author"/><br />
<input type="submit" value="Add Quote" />
</form>

That should work right? Would it matter if I changed the server?
Because the method post is not allowed on Freewebs, so I tried using

http://photos.mossgreen.net/html/upload/ran.htm

http://photos.mossgreen.net/html/upload/ran.php

http://photos.mossgreen.net/html/upload/ran.txt

But got this error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_get_contents() in /www/palbum/html/upload/ran.php on line 24

Is my form wrong or is it just the servers?

Thanks- coacl

Edit: I got hosting on http://pulp.fragism.com/ran.htm but it still doesn't seem to work; any ideas on what's wrong?

**Celtboy** · Mar 3, 2004, 11:13 PM

The first server's version of php is too old. the function file_get_contents requires version 4.3.0 or newer.

The problem with server 2 is file permissions.

To work around the server 1 problem, try this:

PHP Code:


$quote_file = "ran.txt";

$js_function_name = "function displayQuote()";



/* Added this part because of older PHP Version */

$file_contents = "";

$file_contents_array = file($quote_file);

foreach ($file_contents_array as $line) {

   $file_contents .= $line;

}



/* Again, I altered this for the older PHP Version */

//$fp_array =  explode( $js_function_name, file_get_contents(  $quote_file ) );

$fp_array =  explode($js_function_name,$file_contents);





$content = explode("quotes[",$fp_array[0]);



/* this should all be one line */

$new_quote = "quotes[" . (sizeof($content) - 1) . "] = " . "'" . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>" . "'\r\n\r\n";



/* Actually write the new quote to the file */

$fp = fopen($quote_file,"w+");

   fputs($fp, $fp_array[0]);

   fputs($fp, $new_quote);

   fputs($fp, $js_function_name);

   fputs($fp, $fp_array[1]);

fclose($fp);



print "You sucessfully added the following quote: " . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>";



?>

HTH,
-Celt

**coacl** · Mar 3, 2004, 11:30 PM

pulp.fragism.com/ran.htm

Permission still seems to be denied with the php:

<?php

$quote_file = "ran.txt";
$js_function_name = "function displayQuote()";

$file_contents = "";
$file_contents_array = file($quote_file);
foreach ($file_contents_array as $line) {
$file_contents .= $line;
}

$fp_array = explode($js_function_name,$file_contents);

$content = explode("quotes[",$fp_array[0]);

$new_quote = "quotes[" . (sizeof($content) - 1) . "] = " . "'" . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>" . "'\r\n\r\n";

$fp = fopen($quote_file,"w+");
fputs($fp, $fp_array[0]);
fputs($fp, $new_quote);
fputs($fp, $js_function_name);
fputs($fp, $fp_array[1]);
fclose($fp);

print "You sucessfully added the following quote: " . $_POST["quote"] . " <i>-" . $_POST["author"] . "</i>";

?>

I really appreciate all the help, I just hope I can get this working.
Thanks again.

Edit: You can try the server here, if you have the time-
ftp://ftp.fragism.com/ user: pozz password: random

**coacl** · Mar 6, 2004, 04:55 PM

I think I have to CHmod it to 777, it should work then.

Thanks- coacl

**missing-score** · Mar 6, 2004, 05:48 PM

Hi coacl, just to let you know in the future, if you have some PHP code that you would like coloured, you can use:

[php]
<?php
code ...
?>
[/php]

which would come out as

PHP Code:


<?php

code ...

?>

This is generally the preffered way to show your PHP code

**coacl** · Mar 6, 2004, 05:54 PM

Yeah, I was wondering how to use that-
Thanks for everything and feel free to add a quote

PHP Code:


http://pulp.fragism.com/ran.htm

: )

**missing-score** · Mar 6, 2004, 05:58 PM

Heh, I added a quote, one that a mate of mine made up.

Can I just suggest on a non PHP note that you make the change between quotes slightly longer, as I am having a job getting to the end of the line before it changes.

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