On May 2, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 20:35 -0400, Bastien wrote:
On 2011-05-02, at 8:21 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 09:36 +1000, Sir Wally Lewis wrote:
I did not get access to any database system on the ISP's end.
I could get access to MySQL for $$$.
Initially I just want to test everything works with storing to
simple text
files.
After that has happenned.
And if the requirement grows.
Then spending $$$ is feasable.
As I said I am just a novice.
So I want to get something small going.
Kind Regards,
Robert.
"Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 17:55 +1000, sir wally lewis wrote:
I am a complete novice at php.
My internet service provider gives me webspace and PHP script
execution
for free.
I would like a simple example of a website that stores data on
the
server, in simple text files.
Is this possible?
Kind Regards,
Robert
If you're storing data, try to use a database, as you can do a
lot more
with a DB than you can with flat text files on the server, and
it's much
faster.
However, if you're stuck with text files, then look at things like
fopen, fwrite and file_get_contents functions, as these should
help a
lot.
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Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Look into the functions I mentioned, they have enough examples on
the
php.net man pages to get you to a point where you can put some code
together to do what you need.
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Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
You might want to google flat file databases. There are systems
that already do this.
Bastien Koert
He didn't say he necessarily wanted database-like functionality, just
that he wanted to be able to store data in text files. This could be
something as simple as a log, or basic CMS that generates the HTML
pages
that make up a website.
SQLite, anyone?
That aside, learning how to deal with flat file databases on your own
is not a bad idea at all. It's an excellent learning exercise.
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