Rob W. wrote:
>  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.

That particular example will replace the whole file.

If you only want to replace a particular option then that's different - 
but we don't know what you are trying to do.

>  ----- 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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