[PHP-WIN] file processing question
greetings,
I am learning the basics of file processing, starting w/ how to write data to a file.
So far, I've created the .txt file and wrote the code. This is all being done on my
local windows 2k PC for practice. My question is, where should I save the .txt file?
So far, my forms and .php files are in the www directory. To open the file in PHP, I'm
using the fopen() function. Below is the code I've writen:
//info to be writen to file
$outputstring = $date.\t.$_POST[luminaireqty]. luminairs \t
.$_POST['coffeeqty']. coffee tables \t.$_POST['hallqty'].
hall tables \t\$.$total .\t. $address.\n;
// open file for appending
@ $fp = fopen(../../orders/orders.txt, a);
flock($fp, 2);
if (!$fp)
{
echo pstrong Your order could not be processed at this time.
.Please try again later./strong/p/body/html;
exit;
}
fwrite($fp, $outputstring);
flock($fp, 3);
fclose($fp);
echo pOrder written./p;
Thanks,
Patrick
forget your lust for the rich man's gold. All that you need, is in your soul. You can
do this if you try. All that I want for you my son, is to be satisfied
~ Lynard Skynard
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RE: [PHP-WIN] HTTP 404 File not found error
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Sorry, In reference to my last question, I did type ?php phpinfo();? correctly and it still gives me the file not found error. pr you can observe a lot by watching ~ Yogi Berra - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
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I just installed php 4.3.0-win32, mysql-3.23.54-win and apache_1.3.27 on Win2000 in hopes of getting my feat wet. Well, I've yet to get past the phpinfo.php (test) page w/out getting the file not found error. After following the instructions from php.net, I thought that I was on target. The last thing I tried was to add the... LoadModule mod_php4 c:/php/php-4.3.0-win32/sapi/php4apache.dll ...line to the config file after I copied my DLL file into the system 32 directory. When I go to fireup apache, I get the error: can't locate API module structure 'mod_php4 in the c:/php/php-4.3.0-win32/sapi/php4apache.dll ... Any smart people out there who can lend a freshman a bit of help? thanks, Patrick you can observe a lot by watching ~ Yogi Berra - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now
