Albinoboy wrote:
1. Variables to fileSo I have a config.php file like this:
Code:
/* Configuration */
$site="http://www.mysite.com";
$sitename="My Site";
$tagline="Is Awesome";
And I need to know how to change the variables via a control panel, as easily as possible.
Basically, site text box -> $site="contentsoftextbox"
If you want to keep it simple and just for yourself: use the config file. If you want to learn new things and are prepared to invest time, try to make it work.
You can get your data via a form on your control panel. Example of a form:
Quote:
<form action="/index.php" method="post">
<input name="thingy" type="text" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
Which will redirect to your homepage, called index.php. There you can access it via $_POST['thingy'], which is a variable. Check if it is set by calling isset($_POST['thingy'] (returns true if set, false if not). After that you can store the value in a file or database.
Remember to properly escape things,
never trust user input. Strip any HTML (unless you need it) and properly escape anything that goes into a database. See a manual on how to store such things. That's simply too big to post here (especially since it is 5 AM here).
Albinoboy wrote:
2. List contents of folder and link to themSo
page.html
page/ignoreme.html
I need it to ignore subfolders
and page.html is linked to like this:
<a href="index.php?p=page" title="a page">Page</a>
I made something to do that, here is the translated code:
Quote:
//set directory
$dir = "placetostorethings";
//Checking files
if(is_dir($dir)) {
//valid directory, make handle
$handle = opendir($dir);
if($handle) {
//directory opened, make array
$array = array();
//put name of file in handle
$file = readdir($handle);
while(false != ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if($file != ".." && $file != "Thumbs.db") {
//for some reason it sees '..' (parent directory) as a file; ignore
//it also sees something called 'Thumbs.db'; ignore
//if it is anything else: put the name in the array
$array[] = $file;
}
}
closedir($handle);
//close handle
if(count($array) != 0) {
//if one of more files, sort them
sort($array);
echo "<h3>Files:</h3>";
foreach($array as $file) {
//walk through the array and list everything
echo '
<a href="'.$dir.'/'.$file.'" target="_blank">'.$file.'</a>
<br />
';
}
}
else {
echo 'No files found (directory: '.$dir.')';
}
}
else {
echo 'Failed to open directory '.$dir;
}
}
else {
echo 'Directory '.$dir.' does not exist';
}
You may need to change the link, I don't 'get' the way you link. Then again, it's pretty early here. I probably get it when I wake up.
Sorry for the bad formatting, the forum does not recognize tabs. I hope you find it useful.
26 Aug 2010, 5:43 pm
