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<?



//set the identifier of each post

$identifier = time();



//get the time and format it to be included in the post

$myTime = date("F j, Y, g:i a");



//if the datestamp works then do this . . .

if ($datestamp){

	//after the post is made, go back to index page

	header ("Location: ../index.php"); //<--this may need to be changed to fit your page you want them to go back to after posting



	//save the post as a *.dat file

                //point this to the folder

	$filePointer = fopen("../posts/{$identifier}posts.dat", "a+");   

	

	//strip off the slashes so that It's doesn't come out like It\'s

	$header=stripslashes($header);

	$comment=stripslashes($comment);

		

	//formating each posting. . .

	fwrite($filePointer,"

		<p class=\"date\">$myTime\r\n</p><br />

		<div class=\"email\">$email\r\n</div>

		<p class=\"commentText\">$comment\r\n</p><br />

		<hr />");

	

	//close it up

	fclose($filePointer);

}



?>

<form method="POST" action=" <? print "$PHP_SELF" ?>" name="outputForm">



	<p />time:<input type="text" name="myTime" value="<? echo "$myTime" ?>"><br />

	<p />header:<input type="text" name="email" value=""><br />

	<p />body:<textarea name="comment" rows="15" cols="50"></textarea><br />

                <input type="SUBMIT" name="submit" value="submit" class="submit"><br />

                <input type="hidden" name="datestamp" value="<? print "$identifier"; ?>" >  //<--This is just to pass the file name to be saved

</form>

<?



//open the posts folder

$dir_name = "../posts/";   //<--Must point to the folder that contains the postings

$dir = opendir($dir_name);



//plop them into an array

$file_list = array();



//loop through the directory

while ($file_name = readdir($dir)) {

		if (preg_match("/dat\$/i", $file_name)) {

			array_push($file_list, $dir_name.$file_name);    	

		}

	}	



//reverse the order of the array so that

//the latest post is on top

rsort($file_list);



//do another loop to include every file 

//on this section we are also going to give links

//for editing and deleting of posts.

	foreach ($file_list as $var){

		include($var);

	}

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {

  $value_1 = $row['value_1'];

  $value_2 = $row['value_2'];

  $value_3 = $row['value_3'];

}



<form>

  <input type="text" name="value_1" value="$value_1">

  <input type="text" name="value_2" value="$value_2">

  <input type="text" name="value_3" value="$value_3">

</form>