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Old 02-16-2012
edit a file with PHP.

Ok here is what I have going on.

I am listing the contest of a directory so I can edit and delete files.

The code I am using to do that is below (Other then editing as it does not work).

Code:
<?php
$directory = ("enctlfiles/");
$dir = opendir($directory);
$files = array();
while (($file = readdir($dir)) != false) {
$files[] = $file;
}
closedir($dir);
sort($files);
print("<TABLE border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 class=whitelinks>\n");
print("<TR><TH>File Name</TH><th>Modified Date</th><th>Entries In File</th><th>Delete | Edit</th></TR>\n");
foreach ($files as $file)
 {
                if (strpos($file, '.jpg',1)||strpos($file, '.ctl',1) ){
                echo "<TR><TD><a href=$directory$file>$file</a></td>";
                echo "<td>";
                echo date("F d Y H:i:s",filemtime($directory. $file));
                echo "<td>";
                echo count(file($directory. $file));
                echo "<td>";
                echo "<a href=enctlfiles/dodelete.php?file=$file>Delete</a> | <a href=enctlfiles/editfile.php?file=$file>Edit</a>";


             }
        }
?>

That lists all of the files in order in a nice pretty table. The delete function works. The edit one not so much Smilie. It is due to me not knowing what I am doing I am sure of it.

Here is the contents of the editfile.php

Code:
<form action="edit.php" method="post">
<TEXTAREA NAME="save" COLS=150 ROWS=50 wrap="off">
<?php
$dir = ".";
include($dir. '/' .$_GET['file']);
?>
</textarea>
<P><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Update File"><INPUT
TYPE="RESET">
</FORM>

That populates the textarea with the file contents when you click on the "Edit" link. I don't know if that is the right way to get the data in there to be able to edit the file.

Here is the contents of the edit.php file:

Code:
<?php
//$org = ($_GET['file']) or exit("Unable to open file!"); //I have tried this but it give me that Unable to open file.
$org = $_POST['save'] or exit("Unable to open file!"); //This returns me to the prodsh.php page but does not edit the file.
$copy = $org . date("-m-d-Y-His");
copy($org,$copy);
$f = fopen($org, 'w');
fwrite($f, $_POST['save']);
fclose($f);
header('Location: http://somesite.com/GroveTuckey/itemsetup/prodsh.php');
?>

I think the editfile.php and the edit.php file are jacked up but don't know where.

I am trying to learn this and this site has been very helpful when I get stumped on something so I thank you in advance for the help given.

Also I know the danger of editing files via a webpage. This is not public or on a server that is accessible by the world. Right now I don't want to deal with a database.

---------- Post updated at 11:14 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:35 AM ----------

I have edited files using the below code:

Code:
<form action="doedit.php" method="post">
<TEXTAREA NAME="save" COLS=150 ROWS=50 wrap="off">
<?php
include('somefile.ctl');
?>
</textarea>
<P><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Update File"><INPUT
TYPE="RESET">
</FORM>

With the contents of doedit.php being:

Code:
<?php
$org = 'Somefile.ctl';// This is the name of the file in the form above
$copy = $org . date("-m-d-Y-His");
copy($org,$copy);
$f = fopen('somefile.ctl', 'w');//This is the name of said file also.
fwrite($f, $_POST['save']);
fclose($f);
header('Location: http://somesite.com/GroveTickey/editfile.php');
?>

But since the names of the files can be anything I can't put specific names in the script.

This works great other then having to hardcode file names.

Last edited by GroveTuckey; 02-16-2012 at 12:04 PM..
 
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