Hey guys,

I have an idea and i just want to know if its possable.

I want to use the copy() function and use a variable from a form to generate a page. named by whatever the user put in the text field.
Now thats the easy bit, i can do that.

The thing is i want to change the content in the new page. In the template it will be querying and SQL database.

Now i want to change what field it queries, depending on the name of the page.

So if the user set the page name to be TEST then the sql query will look for a field called TEST.

Is this possable??

Thanks

i don't think i get the question.

you get TEST from the form with $_POST['blabla'] (which is "TEST"),

now that you have it, you create the page ... well ... can't you use the same value for the query?

yes, i use that to make the new page and its all sorted. But what i want is for it to change the actual text in the file so it is permanantly querying the same place when it is loaded.

So i want to copy a file but change a little bit of the content of the file everytime its copied

you create the file you are copying (like a template) with an identifier where you need the "TEST" to come, and when the form is evaluated, you parse the file and then write it ... don't know if it's the easiest way to do it ...

another easier way would be for you to only have something like

PHP Code:

<?php
$page = "TEST";
include('a file i\'ll tell you about now');
?>

instead of copying the file you write itr directly since it's only 4 lines, and the file you are including there contains the variable $page exactly where your sql query is ...
that way you save some space and keep your main code in one single place in case of any later problems

Yes that is a very good idea

Only problem is that i cant write the file manually. I need it to be automated for a client so he can easily add pages.

by write i don't mean it that way... i mean instead of using copy() you should use fopen and open it directly for editing and your php script should "write" it

Can you help me come up with some code please?

example taken from php's documentation:

PHP Code:

<?php
$filename = 'test.txt';
$somecontent = "Add this to the file\n";

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($filename)) {

    // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
    // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence 
    // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
    if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
         echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
         exit;
    }

    // Write $somecontent to our opened file.
    if (fwrite($handle, $somecontent) === FALSE) {
        echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
        exit;
    }
    
    echo "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($filename)";
    
    fclose($handle);
                    
} else {
    echo "The file $filename is not writable";
}
?>

i couldn't tell you more than THAT it seems as expressive as it can gat

good luck with it

Ok, i have looked in fopen etc and i have come up with

PHP Code:

<?php

//File Name From Form

$file=$_POST["filename"];
if ($file == "")
  {

// What To Show If No Text Was Entered

  echo "<p>You Didn't Enter A Search.....</p>";
  }

//Open the file, if it doesn't exist, create it

$fp = fopen("$file.php","w");
$str = "<?php $page = "$file"; include('template.php'); ?>";
fwrite ($fp,$str . "\r\n");
fclose($fp);

?>

I get an error on line 17 which is

PHP Code:

$str = "<?php $page = "$file"; include('template.php'); ?>";

How do i make it work?

i've made some changes:

PHP Code:

<?php

//File Name From Form

$file=$_POST["filename"];
if (($file == "") || (is_space($file)))
  {

// What To Show If No Text Was Entered

  echo "<p>You Didn't Enter A Search.....</p>\n";
  }

//Open the file, if it doesn't exist, create it

$fp = fopen("$file.php","w");
$str = "<?php $page = "$file"; include('template.php'); ?>"; // <--- check to see if $page is not interpreted - which would result in a NULL value being written.
fwrite ($fp,$str . "\r\n");
fclose($fp);

?>

i'd say $page should go like this:

PHP Code:

$str = "<?php '$page' = \"$file\"; include('template.php'); ?>"

also where you check if the file name is specified ... check also if it's not all spaces. (i think is_space as i showed you is ok.