Flatfile comments script?

[leeuk]

Hello there.

I do alot of work from other computers, and find myself constantly needing to jot things down, which i later access at home.

I'm in need of a script that processes a form like so:

Name: ________
Comment: _______

Submit.

I have no problem insterting the data. The problem arises when i want to delete a specific entry.

Could anyone assist me with a way of doing so?

Thanks in advance, Lee.

[vincevincevince]

I assume you read the data into one variable?

$data=file_get_contents("notes.txt");

Next, explode it into lines:

$lines=explode("\n",$data);

Looping through for output:

foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
{
print "<a href=\"javascript://\" onClick=\"if (confirm('Delete me?')) top.location='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?delete=$lineno'\">$text</a><br>";
}

Now, just add a clause:

if ($_GET[delete])
{
 foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
 {
 if ($lineno!=intval($_GET[delete]) $newdata[]=$text;
 }
 file_put_contents("notes.txt",implode("\n",$newdata);
}

If you put your deletion clause after your file_get_contents but before your display loop, you can add the line:

$data=$newdata;

Otherwise, after deleting you need to reload $data...

[leeuk]

Doesn't seem to work =\

I have the following:

<?
$data=file_get_contents("notes.txt");
$lines=explode("\n",$data);

foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
{
print "<a href=\"javascript://\" onClick=\"if (confirm('Delete me?'))

top.location='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?delete=$lineno'\">$text</a><br>";
}

if ($_GET[delete])
{
foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
{
if ($lineno!=intval($_GET[delete]) $newdata[]=$text;
}
file_put_contents("notes.txt",implode("\n",$newdata);
}
?>

Thanks for the reply.

[vincevincevince]

if (confirm('Delete me?'))
top.location='$_SERVER[

You'll want to remove the newlines in that for a start....

if (confirm('Delete me?')) top.location='$_SERVER[

Also, I missed a couple of brackets... not sure how!

foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
{
if ($lineno!=intval($_GET[delete]) $newdata[]=$text;
}
file_put_contents("notes.txt",implode("\n",$newdata); 

Should be:

foreach ($lines as $lineno => $text)
{
if ($lineno!=intval($_GET[delete])) $newdata[]=$text;
}
file_put_contents("notes.txt",implode("\n",$newdata)); 

[leeuk]

Works like a charm! Thanks =]

[eelixduppy]

Glad you found your solution, leeuk. Welcome to WebmasterWorld :)

[leeuk]

I'm new to php. I find it next to impossible to write php code, but i can understand it fairly easily.

Anyone else have / had this problem?

Thanks for the welcome =]

[eelixduppy]

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