Form information

Dizzy · **Author**

Would anyone know how to make information in a form (HTML) be sent and saved in a .txt file?

I have

Code:

<form action="unsure" name="form1" method="post">
<input type="text" name="Name" value="Name?"><br>
<textarea>Comments?</textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

Not sure how to make that information save into a .txt file for me to view later.

I have done a bit of research an have seen the word CGI a couple times, if this is leading down the right path could I get a little more information?

Thanks in advance

SweatyBanana · 12-06-2006 , 20:18 Re: Form information

Use PHP in cooperation with your html form.

Dizzy · 12-06-2006 , 20:33 Re: Form information

Hmm, would you know of a tutorial I could read on this?

I figure you can't do with with javascript and html so I am going to need to learn some PHP inorder to get this working.

Thanks in advance!

Zenith77 · 12-06-2006 , 22:08 Re: Form information

Learn the basics of PHP, and it should cover it. I haven't used PHP in a long while, but if I had, I probably would have wiped up some code for you ;).

Dizzy · 12-06-2006 , 22:16 Re: Form information

Thanks for the information guys, I wasn't sure if this HAD to be done a special way or you could just code it.

Dizzy · 12-07-2006 , 17:34 Re: Form information

Ack, not sure if it's just me, but PHP code is kinda difficult for me to grasp.

I can't figure out how to get it to save

Getting me angry

Xanimos · 12-07-2006 , 18:34 Re: Form information

This was just a quick run through. Let me know how it works for you.

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<head>

    <title>My Form</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php

if(!empty($_POST['FORM_INPUT_NAME'])) //if form was submitted write to file and show sucess.

{

    $form_name = $_POST['FORM_INPUT_NAME'];

    $form_comment = $_POST['FORM_INPUT_COMMENT'];



    $file_name = "myfile.txt";



    $filestring = "Name: ".$form_name."\nComment: \n".$form_comment."\n";



    if(!$filehandle = fopen($file_name , 'a'))

    {

        die("Cannot open file");

    }

    if(fwrite($filehandle,$filestring) === false) //if it is false not 0 or empty

    {

        die("Cannot write to file");

    }

    fclose($filehandle);



    echo "Thank you for your submission.";

}

else //if nothing was submitted show the form.

{

?>

    <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">

    Name:<br />

    <input type="text" name="FORM_INPUT_NAME" size="32" /><br />

    Comment:<br />

    <textarea name="FORM_INPUT_COMMENT" rows="7" cols="32"></textarea><br />

    <input type="submit" name="INPUT_SUBMIT" value="Submit" />

    </form>

<?php

}

?>

</body>

</html>

Dizzy · 12-07-2006 , 20:23 Re: Form information

I saved it as a .php file and when I put in Name: Dizzy Comments: Hey

it says

Code:

Firefox can't find the file at /C:/Documents and Settings/Dizzy/Desktop/<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>.

XxAvalanchexX · 12-07-2006 , 20:34 Re: Form information

Xanimos, <?= has been deprecated for quite a while now.

Dizzy · 12-07-2006 , 21:06 Re: Form information

Ava, you see something wrong?