RE: [PHP] using fwrite to create PHP files

[Ford, Mike [LSS]]

On 05 September 2003 19:44, Chris Sherwood wrote:

> this is a sample of what I do when I need to write a php file
> 
> $stringtowrite = "<?PHP\n// Bulletin Board
> forum\n$"."ForumId=".$tabletofind.";\n";
> 
>     $stringtowrite .=
> "$"."ForumActive='1';\n$"."ForumName='".$sportname."';\n";
> 
>     $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumDescription='".$sportname."
> forum';\n"; 
> 
>     $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumConfigSuffix='';\n";
> 
>     $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumFolder='0';\n";
> 
>     $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumParent='0';\n";
> 
>     $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumLang='lang/english.php';\n";
> 
> --- and so on until finally
> 
> $fd=fopen($final_destination,"w") or die ("file won't open");    
>     /*if ($fd===false) {
>         echo "file create failed";
>         exit();
>         //return;
>     } */
>     fwrite($fd,$stringtowrite);
>     fclose($fd);

Ouch!  This looks like a prime candidate for a heredoc 
(http://www.php.net/language.types.string#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc):

   $stringtowrite = <<<STRINGTOWRITE
   // Bulletin Board forum
   \$ForumId=$tabletofind;
   \$ForumActive='1';
   \$ForumName='$sportname';
   \$ForumDescription='$sportname forum';
   \$ForumConfigSuffix='';
   \$ForumFolder='0';
   \$ForumParent='0';
   \$ForumLang='lang/english.php';
   STRINGTOWRITE;

You can even embed the heredoc directly in the fwrite():

   $fd=fopen($final_destination,"w") or die ("file won't open");    
   fwrite($fd, <<<FILECONTENT
   // Bulletin Board forum
   \$ForumId=$tabletofind;
   \$ForumActive='1';
   \$ForumName='$sportname';
   \$ForumDescription='$sportname forum';
   \$ForumConfigSuffix='';
   \$ForumFolder='0';
   \$ForumParent='0';
   \$ForumLang='lang/english.php';
   FILECONTENT
   );
   fclose($fd);

Cheers!

Mike

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