Writing to a server text file

#1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008

I have this

<html>

<head>
<title>My Program</title>
</head>

<body>
<div>
<?

$file = ("remote.txt"); //file where data is stored
Print "Writing to $file "
$fp = fopen($file , "w"); //open the file for write
fputs($fp , "my text here"); //write the new value to the
file

fclose($fp); //close the file

?>
</div>
</body>

</html>

which runs nothing happens to the text file remote.txt - it remains
empty.
I suppose it could be its permissions - how to change these - this is
not a Unix system or at least I don't have access to the chmod
command. Or could there be something else wrong with my script? Should
the text file appear in the same directory? I created it myself and it
stays empy. Is this all I need for PHP or must I put it in a special
directory. This is an index.html file.

Thanks

K.

#2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008

Try renaming index.html to index.php
That way php will know that there is something for it to do
the script will be ignored in an html file

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<kronecker@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6c7f789a-62bc-4cba-9754-1ef5ac4ad0c3@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> I have this
>
> <html>
>
> <head>
> <title>My Program</title>
> </head>
>
>
> <body>
> <div>
> <?
>
> $file = ("remote.txt"); //file where data is stored
> Print "Writing to $file "
> $fp = fopen($file , "w"); //open the file for write
> fputs($fp , "my text here"); //write the new value to the
> file
>
> fclose($fp); //close the file
>
>
> ?>
> </div>
> </body>
>
>
> </html>
>
> which runs nothing happens to the text file remote.txt - it remains
> empty.
> I suppose it could be its permissions - how to change these - this is
> not a Unix system or at least I don't have access to the chmod
> command. Or could there be something else wrong with my script? Should
> the text file appear in the same directory? I created it myself and it
> stays empy. Is this all I need for PHP or must I put it in a special
> directory. This is an index.html file.
>
> Thanks
>
> K.

#3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008

Mine looks like this

<?php
// Get user stats.
$getdate = date( 'd-m-Y, H:i:s' ); // Get the date & time.
$user_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; // Get the users IP.
$user_browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; // Get the browser type.
$referer = getenv("HTTP_REFERER"); // Get the refering page.
// Look for the text file and open it for writing.
$file = "./logfiles/logfile.csv";// define the file. in a different folder,
..csv -import into excel
$fp = fopen($file, "a+");//open the text file for writing.
// Write the user stats into the text file.
fputs ($fp, "$user_ip,$getdate,$user_browser,$referer\n");
fclose($fp);// Close the text file.
?>

look for 'bbclone the web page counter on steroids' nothing to do with me,
but great if you cant access server logs on your host plan

"AlmostBob" <anonymous1@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:dMiVj.1794$KB3.1056@edtnps91...
> Try renaming index.html to index.php
> That way php will know that there is something for it to do
> the script will be ignored in an html file
>
>
> --
> Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
> spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
> AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
> Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
> Catalog of removal tools (1)
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> Catalog of removal tools (2)
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
> use
>
> Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
> _
>
>
> <kronecker@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:6c7f789a-62bc-4cba-9754-1ef5ac4ad0c3@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>> I have this
>>
>> <html>
>>
>> <head>
>> <title>My Program</title>
>> </head>
>>
>>
>> <body>
>> <div>
>> <?
>>
>> $file = ("remote.txt"); //file where data is stored
>> Print "Writing to $file "
>> $fp = fopen($file , "w"); //open the file for write
>> fputs($fp , "my text here"); //write the new value to the
>> file
>>
>> fclose($fp); //close the file
>>
>>
>> ?>
>> </div>
>> </body>
>>
>>
>> </html>
>>
>> which runs nothing happens to the text file remote.txt - it remains
>> empty.
>> I suppose it could be its permissions - how to change these - this is
>> not a Unix system or at least I don't have access to the chmod
>> command. Or could there be something else wrong with my script? Should
>> the text file appear in the same directory? I created it myself and it
>> stays empy. Is this all I need for PHP or must I put it in a special
>> directory. This is an index.html file.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> K.
>

#4 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008

On May 11, 3:10 am, "AlmostBob" <anonymo...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Mine looks like this
>
> <?php
> // Get user stats.
> $getdate = date( 'd-m-Y, H:i:s' ); // Get the date & time.
> $user_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; // Get the users IP.
> $user_browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; // Get the browser type.
> $referer = getenv("HTTP_REFERER"); // Get the refering page.
> // Look for the text file and open it for writing.
> $file = "./logfiles/logfile.csv";// define the file. in a different folder,
> .csv -import into excel
> $fp = fopen($file, "a+");//open the text file for writing.
> // Write the user stats into the text file.
> fputs ($fp, "$user_ip,$getdate,$user_browser,$referer\n");
> fclose($fp);// Close the text file.
> ?>
>
> look for 'bbclone the web page counter on steroids' nothing to do with me,
> but great if you cant access server logs on your host plan
>
> "AlmostBob" <anonymo...@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:dMiVj.1794$KB3.1056@edtnps91...
>
> > Try renaming index.html to index.php
> > That way php will know that there is something for it to do
> > the script will be ignored in an html file
>
> > --
> > Adawarehttp://www.lavasoft.de
> > spybothttp://www.safer-networking.org
> > AVG free antivirushttp://www.grisoft.com
> > Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
> >http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
> > Panda online AntiVirus scanhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/
> > Catalog of removal tools (1)
> >http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
> > Catalog of removal tools (2)
> >http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
> > Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
> >http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> > links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
> > use
>
> > Grateful thanks to the authors and webmasters
> > _
>
> > <kronec...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> >news:6c7f789a-62bc-4cba-9754-1ef5ac4ad0c3@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
> >> I have this
>
> >> <html>
>
> >> <head>
> >> <title>My Program</title>
> >> </head>
>
> >> <body>
> >> <div>
> >> <?
>
> >> $file = ("remote.txt"); //file where data is stored
> >> Print "Writing to $file "
> >> $fp = fopen($file , "w"); //open the file for write
> >> fputs($fp , "my text here"); //write the new value to the
> >> file
>
> >> fclose($fp); //close the file
>
> >> ?>
> >> </div>
> >> </body>
>
> >> </html>
>
> >> which runs nothing happens to the text file remote.txt - it remains
> >> empty.
> >> I suppose it could be its permissions - how to change these - this is
> >> not a Unix system or at least I don't have access to the chmod
> >> command. Or could there be something else wrong with my script? Should
> >> the text file appear in the same directory? I created it myself and it
> >> stays empy. Is this all I need for PHP or must I put it in a special
> >> directory. This is an index.html file.
>
> >> Thanks
>
> >> K.

It just prints (the program) it out to the screen and does nothing.
Should it be ran in the cgi directory? I gave it an extension .php

k

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