Topic awaiting preservation: how to read/write from form filed to txt file (Page 1 of 1)

I am currently writing a personal start page so that I'll have bookmarks, searches in reach everywhere I go. What I would also like to have on there is some sort of an online notepad. I've seen something similar in the control panel of a bulletin board. It is basically a text field with a save and a reset button. On the next visit the stored text is automatically displayed in the text field and can be edited. I am trying to keep it simple but php would be an option.

How could this be achieved?

<´¯`·.¸ Patric ¸.·´¯`>

You want to use the php->fopen() function to read the contents of your file into a variable, then when you generate the code for your text box, simply add into it's tag value="$file" (or whatever you named your file variable. When the form is then submitted you pull that data back out of the $_POST array and using fopen() to truncate the file to 0 bytes and write the contents of your text field into it. The other functions your going to need are:

php->fread()
php->fwrite()
php->fclose()

Anyway...the PHP manual has all the info you'll need to do this, but if you have any problems don't hesitate to ask more questions about it.

thanx Skaarjj

that left a whole lot of $s and ()s in my head. I haven't coded for a few months now and I feel like I've to lear how to walk again. looks like i need to re-gain some php skills before I tend to this. you wouldn't happen to know where I could find some sample code to this?

<´¯`·.¸ Patric ¸.·´¯`>

http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Tips_and_Tutorials/File_Manipulation/index.html would be a good place to start