On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:07 -0400, Kevin wrote: > Hello All, > > I am trying to figure out how to create files when a user submits a form ... > I have seen something about '*fopen*' , is that the direction I should > be going? > > Here is what I am trying to accomplish: > > I am creating a program to keep track of recipes for my wife. I have > have page set up where she can put the name of the recipe, the > ingredients, and the amounts of each ingredient. > Then she clicks "Submit" > > I would like a html file with the name of the recipe to be created ie > *cookies.html *with a link to the cookies.html created on another page. > * > *I hope this makes sense, and thank you all for your time... > > - - Kevin > It might sound overkill, but I'd use a database for this. All the recipes can be stored in a MySQL database, and then you can use a simple couple of queries to produce the recipe list and the recipe pages dynamically. This also has the advantage that it's very easy to search the recipe list when it becomes larger, and if you ever want to change the layout/presentation of the whole system you won't have to recreate all the recipe pages. The DB could have several columns labelled: id, name, ingredients, method So, the form page (lets assume it's called add.php) could submit to itself which then adds the recipe to the DB with a query like: INSERT INTO recipes(name, ingredients, method) VALUES($name, $ingredients, $method) This is only a very simple example which could be extended to use another table for ingredients for a recipe. Don't forget to sanitise any input coming from the form with mysql_real_escape_string() for inserting it into the DB. The list.php page could just use a simple query like: SELECT id, name FROM recipes And then create a link to each recipe in the form: recipe.php?recipe=id (where id is the numerical value used in the DB) and that would then use a query like: SELECT * FROM recipe WHERE id=$recipe MySQL is available on most hosting that you'll find has support for PHP, and every Linux distribution I've seen has it too. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
