PHP help

[Protege]

Havent tested it, but try it.

<?php
$objNum = 5;

$file = 'Values.plist';

$string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
$string .= '<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">';
$string .= '<plist version="1.0">';

$string .= '<dict>';

for( $i = 1; $i < $objNum; $i++ )
{
    $obj = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i ];
    $objX = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'x' ];
    $objY = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'y' ];
    
    $string = '<key>Item' . $i . '</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $obj . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'x</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objX . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'y</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objY . '</string>';
}

$string .= '</dict>';

$handle = fopen( $file );
fwrite( $handle, $string );
fclose( $handle );
?>

[Blob]

Havent tested it, but try it.

<?php
$objNum = 5;

$file = 'Values.plist';

$string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
$string .= '<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">';
$string .= '<plist version="1.0">';

$string .= '<dict>';

for( $i = 1; $i < $objNum; $i++ )
{
    $obj = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i ];
    $objX = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'x' ];
    $objY = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'y' ];
    
    $string = '<key>Item' . $i . '</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $obj . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'x</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objX . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'y</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objY . '</string>';
}

$string .= '</dict>';

$handle = fopen( $file );
fwrite( $handle, $string );
fclose( $handle );
?>

Ya forgot a .

<?php
$objNum = 5;

$file = 'Values.plist';

$string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
$string .= '<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">';
$string .= '<plist version="1.0">';

$string .= '<dict>';

for( $i = 1; $i < $objNum; $i++ )
{
    $obj = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i ];
    $objX = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'x' ];
    $objY = $_POST[ 'Object' . $i . 'y' ];
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . '</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $obj . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'x</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objX . '</string>';
    
    $string .= '<key>Item' . $i . 'y</key>';
    $string .= '<string>' . $objY . '</string>';
}

$string .= '</dict>';

$handle = fopen( $file );
fwrite( $handle, $string );
fclose( $handle );
?>

[Protege]

Woops. Well pointed out.

[MrPinkPanther]

Cheers guys, +REP to all. One more thing is removal. How would I go about doing that?

[MrPinkPanther]

I have been given this a potential solution but it doesn't seem to be working. Any help?

<?php 
$file = file_get_contents('Names.plist');
$file = explode("\n", $file);
 
$name = $_POST['Name'];  
 
foreach($file as $key => $value)
{
    if(strstr($value, '<string>'.$name.'</string>'))
        unset($file[$key]);
}
 
echo implode("\n", $file);

?>

[MrPinkPanther]

Ignore the above post but I'm having trouble getting the code you guys created to work:

<?php
$objNum = 5;

$file = 'Names.plist';

$string = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
$string .= '<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">';
$string .= '<plist version="1.0">';

$string .= '<dict>';

for( $i = 1; $i < $objNum; $i++ )
{
$obj = $_POST[ 'Name' . $i ];

$string = '<key>Name' . $i . '</key>';
$string .= '<string>' . $obj . '</string>';
}

$string .= '</dict>';

$handle = fopen( $file );
fwrite( $handle, $string );
fclose( $handle );
?>

I'm "POST"ing this to it:

Name1 = George;
Name2 = Alan;
Name3 = Bob;
Name4 = Zach;
Name5 = Ian;

But it doesn't work. I added "w" after the FileOpen stuff so it knew to Write to it but then it just overwrites it all. If the "W" isnt there then it doesn't write anything and when you visit its location it says PHP on line 22.

[BoyBetterKnow]

Ignore the above post but I'm having trouble getting the code you guys created to work:

I'm "POST"ing this to it:

But it doesn't work. I added "w" after the FileOpen stuff so it knew to Write to it but then it just overwrites it all. If the "W" isnt there then it doesn't write anything and when you visit its location it says PHP on line 22.

Er. Sorry I aint been paying attention to what you want. When you say overwrites it all, do you mean the current stuff in the file? You want to add to the file?

[Source]

Didn't read the post fully, but if you want to add it on the the end of a file, I think you need to fopen it with the 'a' flag - for append.

[Jam-ez]

Didn't read the post fully, but if you want to add it on the the end of a file, I think you need to fopen it with the 'a' flag - for append.

This is correct:
taken from http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php

'a' Open for writing only; place the file pointer at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt to create it.

This should achieve what you are trying to do.

EDIT: example:

$handle = fopen( $file, 'a' );
fwrite( $handle, $string );
fclose( $handle );