Suzanne — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:36:35 +0000

Not to be snarky, but this is why I suggested you learn more about what you're trying to do instead of having someone else do the work for you. It's empowering, and you develop a skill.

nick.88 — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:14:03 +0000

Ok, it didn't take me long to come up with a question , but I was wondering if there would be a way to display all three files, if the user does not submit the form.... For example: The user loads the page and it will display some text at the top (thats not hard...) and it will display the names in the files, all in one go.

I was thinking it would be something in the else tag, but am not 2 sure.

Oh yea, if possible, is there a way, without me doing it in the flat file databases, that I can sort the names in alphabetical order? THis is not a must have, because I can do that myself... I was just curious.

Thanks so much,

Nick

ShawnK — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 14:37:42 +0000

No problem!

nick.88 — Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:37:00 +0000

Thanks Shawn!

That is amazing! That is exactly what I wanted. At the moment, I am just customizing it alittle bit but I might have a few more questions... Thanks so much.

Nick

ShawnK — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:00:50 +0000

Oh, if it cannot find your file it will show like a whole page of errors. So make it look better just add this:

<?php
error_reporting(0);
?>

right after:

<?php

?>

So it should look like:

<?php
error_reporting(0);
?>

But it shouldn't show errors if you make the files!

ShawnK — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:54:29 +0000

Scratch that, i'm done!

<?php
<html>
<head>
<style>
body{font-family:verdana;size:2;color:black}
table{border:1 solid black}
td{border:0;cellpadding:0;cellspacing:0}
tr{border:0;cellpadding:0;cellspacing:0}
th{border:0;cellpadding:0;cellspacing:0}
a{font-family:verdana;size:2;color:black;text-decoration:none}
a:hover{font-family:verdana;size:2;color:black;text-decoration:underline}
</style>
</head>
<body>


$group1 = \"red\";
$group2 = \"blue\";
$group3 = \"green\";

function choose(){

global $group1;
global $group2;
global $group3;

echo
    \"<form method='post' action=\\"$PHP_SELF\\">\",
    \"<input type='radio' name='groups' value=\\"$group1\\" />$group1<br />\",
    \"<input type='radio' name='groups' value=\\"$group2\\" />$group2<br />\",
    \"<input type='radio' name='groups' value=\\"$group3\\" />$group3<br />\",
    \"<input type='hidden' name='passed' value='true'>\",
    \"<input type='submit'>\",
    \"</form>\";
}

if(!isset($_POST['passed']))
{
choose();
}

elseif(isset($_POST['passed']))
{
               if(isset($_POST['groups']))
               {
               
               echo \"<table border='1' cellpadding='0' callspacing='0'><tr bgcolor='#cccccc' align='left'><th width='125'>First</th><th width='125'>Last</th><th width='300'>Email</th></tr>\";

               $file_name = $_POST['groups'].\".txt\";
               
               $file_handle = fopen(\"$file_name\", \"r\");
               $data = fread($file_handle, filesize($file_name));
               fclose($file_handle);
               
               $persons = explode(\"\n\",$data);
               
               foreach($persons as $person){
                                $info = explode(\"|\",$person);
                                echo \"<tr><td>\".$info['0'].\"</td><td>\".$info['1'].\"</td><td><a href='mailto:\".$info['2'].\"'>\".$info['2'].\"</a></td></tr>\";
               }
               
               echo \"</table>\";
               
               }
               
               elseif(!isset($_POST['groups']))
               {
               unset($passed);
               choose();
               }
}

else
{
die(\"There has been a critical error, please report this to the webmaster!\");
}


</body>
</html>
?>

I made it really user-friendly. All you do is fill in whatever you want your groups to be called. Then create a text file that matches the title.

example:

Group = FatChicks
Filename = fatchicks.txt

The text file should look like this:

shawn|kurtz|shawn_kurtz@hotmail.com
joe|bob|email@email.com
shawn|kurtz|shawn_kurtz@hotmail.com
joe|bob|email@email.com
shawn|kurtz|shawn_kurtz@hotmail.com
joe|bob|email@email.com

If you need any customzations just tell me! I already tested it on my local server. It works fine.

I hope you like!

Oh ya, I made it so that the email address shows up as a link. I can also make you a page that adds/edits the names

Suzanne — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:56:58 +0000

<?php
 
// set the variable $groups
$groups = array();

// get the flat file with the information in it
$filearray = file('peoplebase.txt');

// while reading through the file, for each line, do this
foreach ($filearray as $line) {
    // for each line, enter it into the $name and $group arrays
    list($name,$group) = explode(\"\t\",$line); # each line in db is name<tab>group
    // print the list
echo<<<CODE
<pre>$name is in $group</pre> 
CODE;
}
?>

What do you want to do otherwise -- sort on group? Then you'll have to look into the [url="http://www.php.net/array]array[/url] functions.

nick.88 — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:55:48 +0000

Here is some of the code:

<?php
 
$groups = array();
$filearray = file('peoplebase.txt');
foreach ($filearray as $line) {
 list($name,$group) = explode("\t",$line); # each line in db is name<tab>group
 $groups[$group][] = $name;
}
?>

<?php
 
print_r($name);
?>

This does not work... All it does is give me the name of the person who is last on the database. I have tried varrious modifications, but it does not seem to work.

Nick

Suzanne — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:07:30 +0000

A flat file database would look like this:

Jane|Smith|Green
Julie|Smith|Green
Joseph|Smith|Blue
Javier|Smith|Yellow
Jesus|Smith|Green

The problem is in editing this sort of file you have a lot more work to do -- you need to read in the whole file, break it apart into the array, edit/sort the array, then over-write/display the results.

If you're really new to php, try looking up the array (esp multi-dimensional arrays) information at php.net and practice. With some sample code that you've created, we can help you where you need it. At the moment, you're asking us to do it entirely for you. While some may, in fact, choose to do this, in general you'll get a faster response and a BETTER response if you have specific questions and specific things to work with.

Tudor.b — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:40:17 +0000

I can`t understand what you actually want! Let`s say the user chose green. Do you still want the blue and yellow to appear on the page?