In reference to the script below, how can I add a text box and have
what is entered into the text box be transferred (moved) to
issues_deleted.txt file?

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<?php
$path_to_dir = 'issues'; // path to text file
$file_contents = file("$path_to_dir/issues.txt"); // the file
$file_contents_deleted = file("$path_to_dir/issues_deleted.txt"); // the file
// [ DELETE ROUTINE ]
if($_POST['action'] == "delete"){ // delete triggered
$arrToDelete = $_POST['todelete']; // assign checked items array to var
if($arrToDelete != "") { // if the array isnt open proceed
foreach($arrToDelete as $key => $value) { // assign a key and value to
each checked item
#$file_contents_deleted[count($file_contents_deleted)] = $file_contents[$key];
$file_contents_deleted[] = $file_contents[$key];
array_splice($file_contents, $key, 1, "");// assign null value to each
checked item in file_contents array
print("Deleted <b>$value</b><br>");
}
$sizeof = count($file_contents_deleted); // count updated file_contents array
if($filehandle = fopen("$path_to_dir/issues_deleted.txt", "w")){ //
open the file for writing
for($y = 0; $y < $sizeof; $y++){ // loop through the new file_contents array
if($file_contents_deleted){ 
fputs($filehandle, $file_contents_deleted[$y]); // write the new
file_contents array to the file
}
}
fclose($filehandle); // close the file
}
$sizeof = count($file_contents); // count updated file_contents array
if($filehandle = fopen("$path_to_dir/issues.txt", "w")){ // open the
file for writing
for($y = 0; $y < $sizeof; $y++){ // loop through the new file_contents array
if($file_contents){ 
fputs($filehandle, $file_contents[$y]); // write the new file_contents
array to the file
}
}
fclose($filehandle); // close the file
}
}
}
?>
<?php     // [ READ & OUTPUT FILE CONTENTS ]     ?>
<!-- The Form & Table -->
<form method="POST" action="<?php $PHP_SELF ?>" style="margin:0;">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="delete">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF
?>?sort=user">User</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF ?>?sort=name">Name</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF ?>?sort=issue">Issue</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF
?>?sort=description">Description</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF
?>?sort=email">Email</a></td><td class="spectable"><b><h2><a
href="<?php $PHP_SELF ?>?sort=timesent">Time Sent</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2><a href="<?php $PHP_SELF
?>?sort=date">Date</a></td><td
class="spectable"><b><h2>Issue Resolved</td>
</tr>
<?php
$file_contents = file("$path_to_dir/issues.txt"); // the file
foreach($file_contents as $key=>$value){ // assign a key to each line in the file
if($file_contents[$key] != ""){
$entry = explode("\t", $file_contents[$key]); // break out each
delimeter - tab in this case
$entries[]=array('user'=>$entry[0], 'name'=>$entry[1],
'issue'=>$entry[2], 'description'=>$entry[3], 'email'=>$entry[4],
'timesent'=>$entry[5], 'date'=>$entry[6], 'key'=>$key,
'value'=>$value);
#print("<tr>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[0]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[1]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[2]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[3]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[4]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[5]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entry[6]."</td>
#<td class=spectable><b><h3><center><input type=checkbox
name=todelete[$key] value=$value></center></td>
#</tr>");
}
}
if ($entries) {
foreach ($entries as $key => $row) {
$user[$key]  = $row['user'];
$name[$key] = $row['name'];
$issue[$key] = $row['issue'];
$description[$key] = $row['description'];
$email[$key] = $row['email'];
$timesent[$key] = $row['timesent'];
$date[$key] = $row['date'];
}
switch ($sort) {
case "user": array_multisort($user, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "name": array_multisort($name, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "issue": array_multisort($issue, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "description": array_multisort($description, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "email": array_multisort($email, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "timesent": array_multisort($timesent, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
case "date": array_multisort($date, SORT_ASC, $entries); break;
}
}
for($i=0; $i<sizeof($entries); $i++) {
print("<tr>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['user']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['name']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['issue']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['description']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['email']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['timesent']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center>".$entries[$i]['date']."</td>
<td class=spectable><b><h3><center><input type=checkbox
name=todelete[".$entries[$i]['key']."]
value=".$entries[$i]['value']."></center></td>
</tr>");
}
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="8" align="center" class="spectable"><input type="submit"
value="Remove Resolved Issue"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</td>
</table>
<br><br><br>

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Request for Question Clarification by studboy-ga on 13 May 2005 10:41 PDT

Hi

I'm currently out of town for a month currently don't have access to a PHP
so see if you can do it yourself:

basically the line that writes to a file is:

fputs($filehandle, what_you_want_to_write);

If you open a file in appended mode "a", the fputs will just add to
the file.

I'm sure you already know how to create a textbox--
when the user hit submit extract what he has in the textbook and use
fputs to put it in the file.

If you need further help please remove "for studbiy only" in the
subject and some other reearchers will be happy to help you.

Thanks!