| Re: newbie question [message #170965 is a reply to message #170964] |
Sun, 12 December 2010 16:07   |
justaguy
Messages: 16
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On Dec 12, 10:00 am, Magno <marbar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/2010 11:39 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
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>> justaguy wrote:
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>>> This is my very first php script and I'm already in trouble. I'd like
>>> it to do two things:
>>> a) append the email address to the Log.txt file on the server at the
>>> same location;
>>> b) redirect to newlocation.html page
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>>> The redirection is ok but the email capture failed. It seems that the
>>> logMessage isn't called. How can we fix it?
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>> Just a wild guess, but why not try calling it?
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>>> Thanks.
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>>> <?php
>>> $email = $_POST['email'];
>>> // $email = $HTTP_POST_VARS['email'];
>>> echo "$email<br />";
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>>> function logMessage($email)
>>> // debug
>>> echo "email recording function called.";
>>> {
>>> $myFile = "Log.txt";
>>> $contentsOld = file_get_contents($myFile, true);
>>> $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("couldnt locate log file");
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>>> $stringData = date("l F j, Y, g:i:s a") . "\nEmail: " . $email . "\n
>>> \n";
>>> fwrite($fh, $contentsOld);
>>> fwrite($fh, $stringData);
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>> Do you not find it the least bit strange to read the content of a file,
>> replace the content with the content, then write new content, and call that
>> process "appending" the new content to the file?
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>> You have already discovered the `w' flag for fopen(). Guess what other
>> flags there might be …
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>> Bottom line: RTFM.
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> As expected, PointedEars like always waiting for other to answers, and
> comes with his stupid version to insult the OP.
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> justaguy: don’t pay attention to PointedEars, he is a troll which always
> insults newcomers and treats them like idiots.
> Everybody else has filtered him for the same reason.
Thank you all, probably I didn't word it correctly in that the code
initially by someone else who's much into php and I added the last
element of redirection. Since I didn't know how php works and assumed
he did the right thing and that seemed to stop me from thinking...
Thanks again, problem solved.
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