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**Goody** · 02-26-2010, 07:32 PM

This is my first time tackling php coding.

I'm trying to make an app that will allow a user to sort data uploaded from a file, and spit it out into 2 new files.

It can't be automated, because the human user needs to make the decision on where the data goes. Here's what I have so far

Code:

<body>

<?php

$file = '/public_html/temp/names.txt' or die('Could not read file!');
$data = file($file) or die('Could not read file!');

?> 

<?php

echo $data[0];
    
?>

<Form name ="form1" Method ="Post" ACTION ="nametool.php">
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'first'>first
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'last'>last
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'trash'>trash
<P>
<Input type = "Submit" Name = "Submit1" Value = "Select">
</P>
</FORM>


</body>

So I've got the radio buttons finished..and figured out how to parse the content from the file into an array.

What I'm confused about now is do I need the "isset" statement and how will the if/else tie in with that?

After a choice is made and the first item in the array is written to the sorted file it should delete that content and move to the next item in the array.

I read their was a way to do this (deleting one element in an array) last night but I'm unable to find it again. Something like a "push" statement?

Also I'm guessing my if/else statements will have to be nested?

If I can get this figured out it will save me a huge amount of time sorting data by cut and paste in a txt file.

Thanks for any and all help.

**Goody** · 02-26-2010, 08:04 PM

I forged ahead a bit farther, but getting an error now.

Code:

<body>

<?php

$file = '/public_html/temp/names.txt' or die('Could not read file!');
$data = file($file) or die('Could not read file!');

?> 

<?php

echo $data[0];
    
?>

<?php
if (!isset($_POST['Submit1'])) {
?>

<Form name ="form1" Method ="Post" ACTION ="nametool.php">
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'first'>first
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'last'>last
<Input type = 'Radio' Name ='choice' value= 'trash'>trash
<P>
<Input type = "Submit" Name = "Submit1" Value = "Select">
</P>
</FORM>

<?php
    }
else {
    
    $choice = $_POST['choice'];
    
    if ($choice = 'first') {
        echo 'chose option 1';
        }
    break;
    if ($choice = 'last') {
        echo 'chose option 2';
        }
    break;
    else {
        echo 'chose to throw away';
    }
}
?>


</body>

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSE in /public_html/nametool.php on line 54

**NullPointer** · 10:25 PM

You are using break incorrectly. The only time you should use break is in a switch statement. Also, == is used for comparison, = is used to set a value.

PHP Code:


			
else {

    

    $choice = $_POST['choice'];

    

    if ($choice == 'first') {

        echo 'chose option 1';

        }

    elseif ($choice == 'last') {

        echo 'chose option 2';

        }

    else {

        echo 'chose to throw away';

    }

}