1. i have a txt file with data like this: LINE 1--> 12345678890 LINE 2--> abcdefghglld LINE 3--> asdfg . . . LINE X --> bla-bla-bla 2. then i view this txt file in a browser with a <input type="text" value="<?php echo $myline; ?>"> in my browser it looks like this: 3. now i want to edit this txt file here in my browser using this form.. 4. how can i create a file that will write the changes i made in this form? i did write the file but i get only 1 line (asdfg) the last array.. 5. heres my code checkbox.php <body> <form name="form1" method="post" action="check_act.php"> <?php $rory = file("/var/lib/data/access.temp.txt", "r"); //get number of lines $number_of_lines = count($rory); if ($number_of_lines == 0) { echo "<p><strong>No record found please try again later.</strong></p>"; } for ($i=0; $i<$number_of_lines; $i++) { $myinfo = $rory[$i]; $myline = substr($myinfo,0,-1); ?> <input name="myline" type="text" size="125" value="<?php echo $myline; ?>"> <br> <?php } ?> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </form> 6. heres the action page check_act.php <?php $file2write = fopen("/var/lib/data/access.temp2.txt", "w"); $write2line = "$myline\n"; $filewrite = fwrite($file2write, $write2line); ?>