Re: [PHP] using a text file for variables in a form?

2002-01-26 Thread qartis 

The HTML would be having problems because PHP would compile this:

--
?
print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
$data[SAVINGS] . ';
?
--

as:

--
INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE='
--

Note VALUE's quotes:  and '. Try with this:

--
?
print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
$data[SAVINGS] . '';
?
--

Alexis N. Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 Dan,

 Thanks for replying so fast.. I tried it out right away.

 The script part of it didn't seem to give me much grief, however the html
 part of it seems to be having issues
 with the combination of single quotes (') and double qouotes (), or maybe
 it's the order, or a linebreak in the email... i don't know...

 ?
 print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
 $data[SAVINGS] . ';
 ?

 



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Re: [PHP] using a text file for variables in a form?

2002-01-24 Thread daniel 

Alex-

This is very basic PHP.

 I have some variables stored in plain text in a text file. Unfortunately I
 am not going to be able to use SQL to solve this one, since that server is
 not running it. Anyway.
 
 The text file looks like this (everything between the *):
 *
 SAVINGS=type1
 FILTER=disabled
 SPOOL=category1
 *

 I use a form to edit this text file. SAVINGS and SPOOL are 'select' form
 items with multiple options. FILTER is a 'radio' form item with two options.
 
 I was wondering if anyone knew how to make the text file pass the variables
 into the form that i use to edit the text file... confusing?

First, you need to get the data from the file and make the items
useful:

?
$ary = file(myfile.file);

foreach($ary as line) {
  # break up the line
  list($key,$value) = explode(=,$line);

  # Take off that pesky newline
  $value = substr($value,0,-1);

  $data[$key]=$value;
}
?

Now your values are accessible as $data[SAVINGS], etc.

So... when building the HTML...

?
print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
$data[SAVINGS] . ';
?



Daniel J. Lashua


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Re: [PHP] using a text file for variables in a form?

2002-01-24 Thread Alexis N. Mueller 

Dan,

Thanks for replying so fast.. I tried it out right away.

The script part of it didn't seem to give me much grief, however the html
part of it seems to be having issues
with the combination of single quotes (') and double qouotes (), or maybe
it's the order, or a linebreak in the email... i don't know...

?
print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
$data[SAVINGS] . ';
?


Also this solution provides a text box... I'm sure I can play around with
making it an 'option' within a 'select' item of a form... like:

?
print select size=1 name=SAVINGS
print option name=SAVINGS VALUE=foo;
?

please lemme know if i'm understanding this right...
thanks

-Alex

Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 Alex-

 This is very basic PHP.

  I have some variables stored in plain text in a text file. Unfortunately
I
  am not going to be able to use SQL to solve this one, since that server
is
  not running it. Anyway.
 
  The text file looks like this (everything between the *):
  *
  SAVINGS=type1
  FILTER=disabled
  SPOOL=category1
  *
 
  I use a form to edit this text file. SAVINGS and SPOOL are 'select' form
  items with multiple options. FILTER is a 'radio' form item with two
options.
 
  I was wondering if anyone knew how to make the text file pass the
variables
  into the form that i use to edit the text file... confusing?

 First, you need to get the data from the file and make the items
 useful:

 ?
 $ary = file(myfile.file);

 foreach($ary as line) {
   # break up the line
   list($key,$value) = explode(=,$line);

   # Take off that pesky newline
   $value = substr($value,0,-1);

   $data[$key]=$value;
 }
 ?

 Now your values are accessible as $data[SAVINGS], etc.

 So... when building the HTML...

 ?
 print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
 $data[SAVINGS] . ';
 ?



 Daniel J. Lashua




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Re: [PHP] using a text file for variables in a form?

2002-01-24 Thread daniel 

 The script part of it didn't seem to give me much grief, however the html
 part of it seems to be having issues
 with the combination of single quotes (') and double qouotes (), or maybe
 it's the order, or a linebreak in the email... i don't know...
 
 ?
 print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=' .
 $data[SAVINGS] . ';
 ?

Yeah. I typoed. It is just BASIC outputting of HTML, though. You can
do it a million different ways. If you wanted to do it my way...
you should use this:

?
print 'INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME=savings VALUE=';
print $data[SAVINGS];
print ';
?

but... of course it takes MUCH more than that to have anything
working. You need FORM tags, and a PHP script to accept the
submission, etc, etc.


Daniel

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