Yeah, but will that just replace the data that is present already there? I 
dont wanna have duplicate entries in there or i'm affraid it wont read it. 
The origional code you gave worked but it just ran in a big loop.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris" <dmagick@[...].com> 
To: "Rob W." <rob@[...].com> 
Cc: <php-db@[...].net> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...


>  Rob W. wrote:
> > Yeah, It's exactally what I needed, but I just want it to replace that 
> > one value that is sent via $_POST.
> >
> > What i'm trying to do is just make a web intigration to edit shoutcast 
> > .conf files. I have everything else execpt for now like I was saying, 
> > that code worked, I just want it to halt after it updates that line of 
> > code.
> 
>  In the simplest form:
> 
>  $new_textcontent = 'post_field=' . $_POST['post_field'] . "\n";
> 
>  $fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
>  fputs($fp, $new_textcontent);
>  fclose($fp);
> 
> 
>  I'd suggest cleaning up $_POST['post_field'] before just writing it (eg 
>  making sure it is only numbers, whatever data you actually want to keep in 
>  it).
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <dmagick@[...].com>
> > To: "Rob W." <rob@[...].com>
> > Cc: <php-db@[...].net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...
> >
> >
> >> Rob W. wrote:
> >>
> >>> That works, but it just throws it in to a big loop and fills up the 
> >>> file, any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >> What do you want it to do?
> >>
> >> We have absolutely no idea exactly what you're trying to achieve - that 
> >> was just a guess because you're posting a form and want the new values 
> >> written to a file.
> >>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <dmagick@[...].com>
> >>> To: "Rob W." <rob@[...].com>
> >>> Cc: <php-db@[...].net>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:54 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Rob W. wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Ok, The fix is just doing something like this...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> list($variable, $data) = explode("=", $x);
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But now my problem is trying to figure out how to update that data 
> >>>>> with <form> post ect...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So the main page would get
> >>>>>
> >>>>> MaxUser=32
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It would read that info and put it in to a form field, which I have.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now I gotta get it to take and make it so that a new value can be put 
> >>>>> in that field and updated back in to the text file. I have searched 
> >>>>> all over google for about 4 hrs looking for something like this but 
> >>>>> no go, any help would be appricated.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This is a simple example but it should work for you:
> >>>>
> >>>> $new_textcontent = "";
> >>>>
> >>>> foreach($_POST as $area => $value) {
> >>>>   $new_textcontent .= $area . "=" . $value . "\n";
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> $fp = fopen($filename, 'w');
> >>>> fputs($fp, $new_textcontent);
> >>>> fclose($fp);
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwight Altman" 
> >>>>> <dwight@[...].com>
> >>>>> To: "'Rob W.'" <rob@[...].com>; <php-db@[...].net>
> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:13 AM
> >>>>> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> How about posting your solution as well?  Maybe someone will find it 
> >>>>>> useful.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>>> From: Rob W. [mailto:rob@[...].com]
> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2:07 AM
> >>>>>> To: php-db@[...].net
> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Nevermind. I figured it out.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob W." <rob@[...].com>
> >>>>>> To: <php-db@[...].net>
> >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:45 AM
> >>>>>> Subject: [PHP-DB] Text file (rw) question...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm trying to figure out how to read specific data from a text file 
> >>>>>> that
> >>>>>> is already written. Example
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> MaxUser=3D32
> >>>>>> PortBase=3D8000
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I want to be able to have php read them specific pieces of info so I 
> >>>>>> can
> >>>>>> put them in to forms and update them via php.
> >>>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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