Submit form results to file/folder

cat101 · #1 Apr 26th, 2006, 16:13

How do i get my form results sent straight to a file/folder in my web directory. I need to be able to view results from submissions such as checkboxex, radio and text boxes without a new one overwriting the old one before i view it

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

sypher · #2 Apr 26th, 2006, 16:44

Thats where mysql comes in. Everytime the form is submitted you enter that record into the db.

ukgeoff · #3 May 1st, 2006, 14:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by cat101

How do i get my form results sent straight to a file/folder in my web directory. I need to be able to view results from submissions such as checkboxex, radio and text boxes without a new one overwriting the old one before i view it

What exactly are you doing with the form information?

You could take the form info, for example, and email it to yourself so you would always have a 'hard copy' so to speak.

Or, as has already been suggested, you could store the info in a database for future use.

dannyboy26 · #4 May 3rd, 2006, 21:40

If you want to write the contents of a feedback form to a directory on your server then just use the PHP file management commands, e.g. fopen, fwrite and fclose.

You can easily create a random file name on the fly each time and check it hasn't been created previously so that you don't overwrite existing files.

Cheers

Dan

pietrom · #5 Nov 7th, 2006, 17:06

I cannot save the form's content on file (on the local directory where the html/php file is).
Both the HTML and the PHP parts seem to work when "isolated".
When I combine them (to be able to save what has been inserted),
it does not work.

Thank you for any suggestion,
Pietro

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"/>
<title>Test</title>
</head>

<body>
<form enctype="text/plain" method="POST" name="TestForm"/>
<p />
Input anything: <input type="text" name="anything" value="Default"/> <br />
<input type="submit" value="OK" name="submit"/>
</form>
<?php
$fh = fopen("form_output.txt", w);
fwrite($fh, anything);
fclose($fh);
?>
</body>

</html>

ukgeoff · #6 Nov 7th, 2006, 20:19

That's because you have no php code to collect the values that were 'POSTed'.

It would also have been better to have started a new thread with your query.

grahame · #7 Nov 8th, 2006, 08:41

Quote:

fwrite($fh, anything);

You've got an immediate mistake in that you're missing a $ in this statement - it should read $anything. And I would suggest that you use the longer $_REQUEST[anything] instead, as the shorter form isn't available on all servers - it's regarded as insecure, and may not be switched on.

Plenty else I could comment on, but that should get you started

masonbarge · #8 Nov 8th, 2006, 13:38

Why don't you send the info to a unique database and review it, then export it either to a file or a permanent database?

It just seems like a good idea not to let users access your file system until you're really confident about your security skills.

(I'm so chicken I don't upload anything to my files except by ftp.)

pietrom · #9 Nov 8th, 2006, 15:13

I cannot use a DB for many reasons.

This code should be closer to the right solution, but it does not work, yet:

HTML: Select all

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html>
  <head>
    <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"/>
    <title>Test</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <form enctype="text/plain" method="POST" name="TestForm" action="form_output.txt">
      <p />
      Input anything: <input type="text" name="anything" value="Default"/> <br />
      <input type="submit" value="OK" name="submit"/>
    </form>
    <?php
      if ($_POST['submit']=='OK')  {
        $fh = fopen("form_output.txt", 'w');
        fwrite($fh, $_POST['anything']);
        fclose($fh);
      }
    ?>
  </body>
</html>

All I need is the form contents on a local file (in the same directory where the html/php file is)...

gustava32 · #10 Nov 10th, 2006, 13:00

What version of PHP are you using as you may need to change $_POST to $HTTP_POST_VARS.

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