Hello René,
The problem is the implode() function call (you are telling it concatenate all of
the lines into one). This is not tested, but try replacing:
> $fcontents_string = implode('', $fcontents);
>
> $fp = fopen($name.".db", "w+");
> fwrite($fp,$fcontents_string);
with:
for ($i=0; $i <= count($fcontents); $i++)
fwrite($fp, $fcontents[$i]);
HTH,
John
>This problem has been driving me insane. I have a little script that let's
>users enter data into a form, which then gets appended to a file (table) as
>a line (row). The adding part of the script works fine--and by remembering
>to add a "\n" at the end of each row, when the file (table) is read, PHP
>automagically figures out that each line is actually a row (thanks to the
>"\n"), and organizes the array accordingly (each line becoming an element in
>the array). The file thus displays fine. So far, so good.
>
>The problem arrises when I try to update a row (line) in the table (file).
>The good: The line break character "\n" at the end of row being updated
>DOES get written properly. The bad: The line break characters for all the
>other rows of the table (which I'm not trying to update) disappear and/or
>CHANGE to a different, inscrutable character (square) when the whole
>array-turn-string gets written to the file.
>
>I realize this is confusing without the example code, so here it is...
>
>THE TABLE (FILE.DB) BEFORE THE UPDATE
>========================================================================
>19 Oct 2001, 17:56|Movie|War and Peace|800||Ready|redoctober|
>19 Oct 2001, 17:56|Movie|Hamlet|500||Ready|redoctober|
>19 Oct 2001, 17:56|Movie|Les Miserables|600||Ready|redoctober|
>19 Oct 2001, 17:57|Movie|Fahrenheit 451|||Ready|redoctober|
>========================================================================
>
>THE USER CHANGES HAMLET TO HENRY V, THEN CLICKS SUBMIT
>========================================================================
>19 Oct 2001, 17:56|Movie|War and Peace|800||Ready|redoctober| 19 Oct 2001,
>17:56|Movie|Henry V|500||Ready|redoctober|
>19 Oct 2001, 17:56|Movie|Les Miserables|600||Ready|redoctober| 19 Oct 2001,
>17:57|Movie|Fahrenheit 451|||Ready|redoctober|
>========================================================================
>
>Notice how the first two and last two lines, where there used to be a line
>break, now run together--and only the updated row/line has a line break at
>the end? WHY?!?!?!?!?!?! =:-(O)
>
>And here's my crappy-as-usual code that handles the new/update functions
>(thanks to everyone who have helped me get it to even this state):
>========================================================================
>if (isset($submit)) {
>
> if (isset($update)) { // UPDATE
> $affected0 = $started;
> $affected1 = $type;
> $affected2 = $title;
> $affected3 = $size;
> $affected4 = $res;
> $affected5 = $status;
> $affected6 = $by;
> $updatedstring = $affected0 . "|" . $affected1 . "|" . $affected2 . "|" .
>$affected3 . "|" . $affected4 . "|" . $affected5 . "|" . $affected6 . "|" .
>"\n";
>
> $fcontents = file($name.".db");
> $fcontents[$update] = $updatedstring;
> $fcontents_string = implode('', $fcontents);
>
> $fp = fopen($name.".db", "w+");
> fwrite($fp,$fcontents_string);
> fclose($fp);
>
> } else { // ADD
> $fp = fopen($name.".db", "a");
> $now = date("j M Y, H:i");
> $by = $name;
> $common=$now . "|" . $type . "|" . $title . "|" . $size . "|" . $res .
>"|" . $status ."|". $by . "|" . "\n";
> fwrite($fp,$common); // write to the file
> fclose($fp); // close the file
> }
>}
>========================================================================
>
>A million thanks if you can help me crush this bug!
>
>---
>Rene Fournier
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>
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