tutorial question on news script part 1

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May 30th, 2003, 06:07 PM

neliconcept

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tutorial question on news script part 1

hello im trying to embedd this script into a page im working on and im wondering if its possible to add another part on the form such as title for the title of the news box as im trying do do here

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its hard for me to explain but i added another

php Code:

Original - php Code
if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['title']) { echo "You must enter a title"; exit; }

if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['title']) {
            echo "You must enter a title";
            exit;
        }

and for the other part too

but it is not working rightly and i was wondering if anyone could help me

ill show you all of the code

addnews.php code

php Code:

Original - php Code

 
<?
if($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']) {
    if($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'] == 'test') {
    if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['title']) {
            echo "You must enter a title";
            exit;
        }        
    if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['name']) {
            echo "You must enter a name";
            exit;
        }
        if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['news']) {
            echo "You must enter some news";
            exit;
        }
    if(strstr($HTTP_POST_VARS['title'],"|")) {
            echo "Name cannot contain the pipe symbol - |";
            exit;
    }
        if(strstr($HTTP_POST_VARS['name'],"|")) {
            echo "Name cannot contain the pipe symbol - |";
            exit;
        }
        if(strstr($HTTP_POST_VARS['news'],"|")) {
            echo "News cannot contain the pipe symbol - |";
            exit;
        }
        $fp = fopen('news.txt','a');
        if(!$fp) {
            echo "Error opening file!";
            exit;
        }
        $line = date("m.d.y") . "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];
        $line .= "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['news'];
        $line = str_replace("rn","<BR>",$line);
        $line .= "rn";
        fwrite($fp, $line);
        if(!fclose($fp)) {
            echo "Error closing file!";
            exit;
        }        
    } else {
        echo "Password is incorrect, Please try again!";
    }
}
 
?>
<FORM ACTION="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" METHOD="POST" NAME="newsentry">
Title:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="30" NAME="title"><BR>
Your name:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="30" NAME="name"><BR>
The News:<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="news" COLS="40" ROWS="5"></TEXTAREA><BR><BR>
News Password:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="password" SIZE="30" NAME="password"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Post it!"><BR>
</FORM>

here is my news box code

php Code:

Original - php Code

 
<td background="newstitlebar.gif" width="434" height="28"><table width="434" cellpadding="2"><tr><td width="6%"></td><td>
<?PHP
$data = file('news.txt');
$data = array_reverse($data);
foreach($data as $element) {
    $element = trim($element);
    $pieces = explode("|", $element);
    echo $pieces[0];
}
?> 
</td></tr></table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="newspersonbar.gif" width="434" height="21" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="newspost.gif" width="434"><table width="434" cellpadding="2"><tr><td>
<?PHP
$data = file('news.txt');
$data = array_reverse($data);
foreach($data as $element) {
    $element = trim($element);
    $pieces = explode("|", $element);
    echo $pieces[3] . "<BR>" . "<b>Posted by " . $pieces[2] . " on " . $pieces[1] . "</b><BR><BR>";
}
?> 
</td></tr></table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td background="newsbot.gif" width="434" height="2"></td>
</tr>
</table>

if anyone could help me i would be grateful

May 31st, 2003, 03:31 AM

neliconcept

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RE: tutorial question on news script part 1

seems like it writes to the news.php file now thank god

but still having trouble figuring out how to transfer it to the tables on the page

anyone out there that can help around here would be appreciated

thanks

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