PHP help

[MrPinkPanther]

Ok, I just need help with this and then I'm done

<?php
$x = $_POST['position'];
$user = $_POST['user'];

$myFile = <here>;
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");

fwrite($fh, $x);
fclose($fh);

echo "success";

?>

Firstly I want myFile (the bit in bold) to equal "user".txt so if user = John then myFile John.txt, how would I do that?

Secondly I want it so if the textfile doesn't exist then it creates it with permissions "7 7 7".

Could someone maybe tell me how to do it and then the PHP side of things is all done

[Jam-ez]

Ok, I just need help with this and then I'm done


Firstly I want myFile (the bit in bold) to equal "user".txt so if user = John then myFile John.txt, how would I do that?

Secondly I want it so if the textfile doesn't exist then it creates it with permissions "7 7 7".

Could someone maybe tell me how to do it and then the PHP side of things is all done

<?php
$x = $_POST['position'];
$user = $_POST['user'];

$myFile = $user . '.txt';

$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");

fwrite($fh, $x);
fclose($fh);

if ( !file_exists( $myFile ) )
{

     chmod( $myFile, 0777 );

}

echo "success";

?>

Did that off the top of my head, try it!

[Protege]

So James you only chmod the file if it doesnt exist, that makes total sense.

[MrPinkPanther]

<?php
$x = $_POST['position'];
$user = $_POST['user'];
 
$myFile = $user . '.txt';
 
$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
 
fwrite($fh, $x);
fclose($fh);
 
if ( !file_exists( $myFile ) )
{
 
     chmod( $myFile, 0777 );
 
}
 
echo "success";
 
?>

Did that off the top of my head, try it!

Thanks a bunch! REALLY REALLY helpful, its people like you that make this forum great.

So James you only chmod the file if it doesnt exist, that makes total sense.

I wondered that too, maybe he forgot to put the "create file" bit in first if it doesnt exist. Any ideas how I can sort that out?

[Protege]

<?php
if( ! file_exists( $myFile ) )
{
chmod( $myFile, 0777 );
}

$fh = fopen( $myFile, 'w+' );

[Invent]

<?php
if( ! file_exists( $myFile ) )
{
chmod( $myFile, 0777 );
}

$fh = fopen( $myFile, 'w+' );

You're still chmoding it even though it doesn't exist?

[Protege]

I wasnt paying attention to what I was doing sorry.

<?php
if( ! file_exists( $myFile ) )
{
    $fh = fopen( $myFile, 'w' );
    
    chmod( $myFile, 0777 );
}
else
{
    $fh = fopen( $myFile, 'w' );
}

[Dentafrice]

Oh the irony