Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
Kevin wrote: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. I think the docs are still screwed up. Try sqlite3_open() instead and see if that works. Also, check phpinfo() to see if the SQLite/SQLite3 modules are loaded. I tried with sqlite3_open() and it gave the same error. THEN ... 'check phpinfo()' Obviously sqlite extension is not actually loaded. You don't aey which OS ... On windows there are a list of extensions in the php.ini file, just 'uncomment' the one(s) you need ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
Kevin wrote: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. I think the docs are still screwed up. Try sqlite3_open() instead and see if that works. Also, check phpinfo() to see if the SQLite/SQLite3 modules are loaded. I tried with sqlite3_open() and it gave the same error. THEN ... 'check phpinfo()' Obviously sqlite extension is not actually loaded. You don't aey which OS ... On windows there are a list of extensions in the php.ini file, just 'uncomment' the one(s) you need ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php __ There is no sqlite3_open() - there is only an OOP interface for php_sqlite3. I wrote to the list in frustration about this choice not too long ago, and concluded that the only way to accomplish this is to: 1.) Use php-sqlite3 extension (not to be confused with the php_sqlite3 - dash vs underscore) - but this isn't a great solution because it would mean you would need to ask your host to enable a custom extension, which they usually don't do. If you're hosting this app on your own server, then give it a bash. 2.) Otherwise, get involved in PECL development and help give php_sqlite3 a procedural interface. Of course, if you're looking for basic database storage, then SQLite2 (php_sqlite) would work fine. Best of luck, Lawrance -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:53 -0400, Kevin wrote: Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:07 -0400, Kevin wrote: Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be going? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. Then she clicks Submit I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. * *I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time... - - Kevin It might sound overkill, but I'd use a database for this. All the recipes can be stored in a MySQL database, and then you can use a simple couple of queries to produce the recipe list and the recipe pages dynamically. This also has the advantage that it's very easy to search the recipe list when it becomes larger, and if you ever want to change the layout/presentation of the whole system you won't have to recreate all the recipe pages. The DB could have several columns labelled: id, name, ingredients, method So, the form page (lets assume it's called add.php) could submit to itself which then adds the recipe to the DB with a query like: INSERT INTO recipes(name, ingredients, method) VALUES($name, $ingredients, $method) This is only a very simple example which could be extended to use another table for ingredients for a recipe. Don't forget to sanitise any input coming from the form with mysql_real_escape_string() for inserting it into the DB. The list.php page could just use a simple query like: SELECT id, name FROM recipes And then create a link to each recipe in the form: recipe.php?recipe=id (where id is the numerical value used in the DB) and that would then use a query like: SELECT * FROM recipe WHERE id=$recipe MySQL is available on most hosting that you'll find has support for PHP, and every Linux distribution I've seen has it too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk Thank you Ash for the quick reply. I was actually looking at using a database too... and I am testing out a few different ones (SQLite and MySQL) I appreciate the extra information, it will be helpful in the future :-) /On a side note: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. /I wanted to try a different approach by just creating the recipes in individual html files for the time being. Do happen to know how to create html files from a php form? Thank you. To create files I'd probably just use fopen() and fwrite(). It's how I always do it. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
On 14 May 2010 04:07, Kevin kevin.mailingli...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello All,
I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ...
I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be
going?
Here is what I am trying to accomplish:
I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have
page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and
the amounts of each ingredient.
Then she clicks Submit
I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie
*cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page.
*
*I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time...
- - Kevin
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RE: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
From: Kevin I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be going? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. Then she clicks Submit I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. There are already a number of free applications for this. I have reviewed over a dozen of them in the past year. Drupal has a recipe module, Gourmet for Gnome users, Krecipes for KDE users. ReciPants in Perl, Qookbook, to name a few off the top of my head. Some of them will link into the USDA Nutrition Database as well. You may not need to reinvent this particular wheel. Bob McConnell -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
At 11:07 PM -0400 5/13/10, Kevin wrote: Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be going? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. Then she clicks Submit I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. * *I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time... - - Kevin Kevin: Your wife is trying to make cookies? :-) Sorry, I couldn't resist. I recommend the same thing that Ash recommended, namely creating a database where your wife can enter the ingredients via a form and have those recorded in a database -- a database where one can pull the data and show the recipes in any manner you want. Don't look to saving these data as files, or as cookies, but rather as data in a database. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
Paul M Foster wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:53:54PM -0400, Kevin wrote: snip /On a side note: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. I think the docs are still screwed up. Try sqlite3_open() instead and see if that works. Also, check phpinfo() to see if the SQLite/SQLite3 modules are loaded. Paul Thanks Paul, I tried with sqlite3_open() and it gave the same error. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:07 -0400, Kevin wrote: Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be going? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. Then she clicks Submit I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. * *I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time... - - Kevin It might sound overkill, but I'd use a database for this. All the recipes can be stored in a MySQL database, and then you can use a simple couple of queries to produce the recipe list and the recipe pages dynamically. This also has the advantage that it's very easy to search the recipe list when it becomes larger, and if you ever want to change the layout/presentation of the whole system you won't have to recreate all the recipe pages. The DB could have several columns labelled: id, name, ingredients, method So, the form page (lets assume it's called add.php) could submit to itself which then adds the recipe to the DB with a query like: INSERT INTO recipes(name, ingredients, method) VALUES($name, $ingredients, $method) This is only a very simple example which could be extended to use another table for ingredients for a recipe. Don't forget to sanitise any input coming from the form with mysql_real_escape_string() for inserting it into the DB. The list.php page could just use a simple query like: SELECT id, name FROM recipes And then create a link to each recipe in the form: recipe.php?recipe=id (where id is the numerical value used in the DB) and that would then use a query like: SELECT * FROM recipe WHERE id=$recipe MySQL is available on most hosting that you'll find has support for PHP, and every Linux distribution I've seen has it too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
Ashley Sheridan wrote: On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:07 -0400, Kevin wrote: Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should be going? Here is what I am trying to accomplish: I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. Then she clicks Submit I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. * *I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time... - - Kevin It might sound overkill, but I'd use a database for this. All the recipes can be stored in a MySQL database, and then you can use a simple couple of queries to produce the recipe list and the recipe pages dynamically. This also has the advantage that it's very easy to search the recipe list when it becomes larger, and if you ever want to change the layout/presentation of the whole system you won't have to recreate all the recipe pages. The DB could have several columns labelled: id, name, ingredients, method So, the form page (lets assume it's called add.php) could submit to itself which then adds the recipe to the DB with a query like: INSERT INTO recipes(name, ingredients, method) VALUES($name, $ingredients, $method) This is only a very simple example which could be extended to use another table for ingredients for a recipe. Don't forget to sanitise any input coming from the form with mysql_real_escape_string() for inserting it into the DB. The list.php page could just use a simple query like: SELECT id, name FROM recipes And then create a link to each recipe in the form: recipe.php?recipe=id (where id is the numerical value used in the DB) and that would then use a query like: SELECT * FROM recipe WHERE id=$recipe MySQL is available on most hosting that you'll find has support for PHP, and every Linux distribution I've seen has it too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk Thank you Ash for the quick reply. I was actually looking at using a database too... and I am testing out a few different ones (SQLite and MySQL) I appreciate the extra information, it will be helpful in the future :-) /On a side note: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. /I wanted to try a different approach by just creating the recipes in individual html files for the time being. Do happen to know how to create html files from a php form? Thank you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about creating php files from a form
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:53:54PM -0400, Kevin wrote: snip /On a side note: I am having some issues with connecting to a SQLite database right now ... I'm getting the following error Fatal Error: 'sqlite_open' is an unknown function But I'm putting that on the side right now. I think the docs are still screwed up. Try sqlite3_open() instead and see if that works. Also, check phpinfo() to see if the SQLite/SQLite3 modules are loaded. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
