need help for text string variable

nanotech · **need help for text string variable -** 05-28-2012, 11:16 PM

i would like to know how to set up a variable text string from a resource file
like .dat or .txt

example

"today it was (a beautyfull) day"

need to be replace by "an awful"

"today it was (an awful) day"

i need to know how to setup a data file ( like .txt or . dat ) so that the string can be edited

from that file to update the other php or html files in a few different directorys

there must be some code for doing this

like the word awful from a .dat file be used to update that string in many others text related files

my primary use for that code would be to update first name and last name in at least 6 different php and or html files in a few different directorys

anyhelp appreciated

nano

grace1004 · 05-29-2012, 03:48 AM

Assuming that contact.txt file has columns for $firstname and $lastname,
and one line data are separated by tab, 2 variables can be updated by
getting data from contact.txt file as follows:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$fp=fopen("contact.txt","r");

while(!feof($fp)) {

$contact=fgets($fp);    

list($firstname, $lastname, $email, $phone) = explode("\t", $contact); 

$firstname = trim($firstname);

$lastname = trim($lastname);



echo "Firstname is $firstname.";

echo "Lastname is $lastname.";

}

?>

nanotech · 05-29-2012, 03:52 PM

and this php code is it a stand alone php file that is within the public_html directory

or it does it need to be inserted in every files that i need those strings

grace1004 · 05-29-2012, 09:46 PM

The above code is just an example. You need to rewrite the code suitable for output, and the code
needs to be inserted in every file.

In your php or html files, if the output codes are calling data from your database, you need
to insert the data getting from .txt file into your database table. In other words, if you
insert/update the data in your table, 6 different files will also be updated accordingly
at once. The following example shows how to insert data getting from .txt file:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$conn = mysql_connect("mysql8.000webhost.com", "a336xxxx_test","******") or die(mysql_error());

mysql_select_db("a336xxxx_test", $conn);



$fp=fopen("contact.txt","r");

while(!feof($fp)) {

$contact=fgets($fp);    

list($firstname, $lastname, $email, $phone) = explode("\t", $contact);

$firstname = trim($firstname);

$lastname = trim($lastname);



$sql = "insert into table_name (firstname, lastname) values ('$firstname', '$lastname')"; 

$result = mysql_query($sql); 

// if data are not inserted

if(!$result) echo "Database error!";

}

?>

nanotech · 06-02-2012, 03:02 AM

i came up with some code like this one

file: names.php

<?php
$Text_1= "John";
$Text_2 = "bright";
$Text_3 = "monday";
$Url_1 = "example.net";
>

file: story.html

head

body

</php include 'names.php' ; ?>

This was "$Text_1"s birthday today a "Text_2" sunny "Text_3" a hot day it was.

body

head

i would like to know if the string would show up has there corresponding words
in the above text and would display like bellow

This was "john"s birthday today a "bright" sunny "monday" a hot day it was.

i did some test on a second file
for that form just to see what would happend

but it doesnt link me to the above url the file names.php

</php include 'names.php' ; ?>

<form method="post">
<input type="button" value="Your name"
onclick="location.href='$Url_1'">
</form>

sorry about my limited knowledge of web programming

those strings will be updated manually only once a while

any clues to what i am doing wrong

grace1004 · 06-02-2012, 04:20 AM

names.php
=========

PHP Code:


			
<?php 

$Text_1= "John";

$Text_2 = "bright";

$Text_3 = "monday";

$Url_1 = 'http://example.net';

?>

story.html
==========

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Variable Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php 
include 'names.php'; 
echo "This was \"$Text_1\"s birthday today a \"$Text_2\" sunny \"$Text_3\" a hot day it was.";
?>
</body>
</html>

link.php
========

PHP Code:


			
<?php

include 'names.php';

echo "<a href ='$Url_1'>example.net</a>";

?>

nanotech · 06-02-2012, 10:39 PM

ok the story.php one works nice

but the link.php file doesnt with the onclick button

using the names.php reference file

<?php
include 'names.php';
echo "<form method=\"post\">
<input type=\"button\" value=\"Your name\"
onclick=\"location.href='$Url_1'\">
</form>
\n";
?>

is there an other way to do an external url from the button method with a $string for php code

grace1004 · 06-03-2012, 03:23 AM

link2.php
=========

PHP Code:


			
<html>

<head>

<script type="text/javascript"></script>

</head>

<body>

<?php include 'names.php';?>

<form>

<input type="button" value="Your name" onClick="location.href='<?php echo "$Url_1"; ?>'">

</form>

</body>

</html>

nanotech · 06-07-2012, 11:56 PM

ok i found my problem

needed to include http:// for the href external url

ok now i would like to download a copy of my php.ini to my computer for back up in case i need it

is there a specific way to do so because i cant reach the /usr/local/lib/php.ini

file directly from the ftp server root directory in the file manager of the Cpanel

grace1004 · 06-08-2012, 03:15 AM

You are not allowed to directly access php.ini.

However, you can see php.ini setting with the following steps:

Go to your control panel - >>Software/Services - click 'View PHP Configuration'