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I need to make a comment box using a txt file or anything else that can be queried passively, without using a database server. As I'm fairly new to PHP programming the first idea was to use a text file. The code in general to accomplish this, as far as I can think of logically would be :
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<form method = "post">
<textarea name = "txt" cols = "25" rows = "5">
Place your comment here ...
</textarea><br><br>
<input type = "submit" value = "Submit" onclick = "<?php
$com = $_POST["txt"];
$file = fopen("inrg.txt", "a");
fwrite($file, "<br>");
for($i=0; $i <= strlen($com) - 1; $i++)
{
fwrite($file, $com[$i]);
if($i % 37 == 0 && $i != 0)
fwrite($file, "<br/>");
}
fwrite($file, "<br>------------------------------------------");
fclose($file);
?>">
<br>
</form>
<font face = "Times New Roman"><b><p>Textul introdus este: </p></b></font>
<font face = "Comic Sans MS" color = "red" size = "2" >
<?php
$file = fopen("inrg.txt", "r");
echo fread($file, filesize("inrg.txt"));
fclose($file);
?>
</font>
</body>
</html>
Nothing fancy yet, and it does needs some improvements on the esthetics side. The thing is after I submit something in the comment box, it shows properly but if I do reload in the web browser, the last posted comment it's posted again as many times as I reload the page. Also if there's a way with PHP to make the initial "Place your comment here ..." disappear
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Example document</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// the relative path to the file
$fname = "theFile.txt";
// read in the file if present
if(file_exists($fname)) $txt = file_get_contents($fname);
// if the user pushes the submit button
if(isset($_POST["txt"])){
$txt = $_POST["txt"]; // get the entered content
file_put_contents($fname,$txt); // write the content to the file
}
?>
<form method="post" action="#">
<textarea name = "txt" cols = "25" rows = "5">
<?php echo $txt; ?>
</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
The folder where the script resides must be writable by PHP (=WebServer). This script is critical, no security against cross side scripting hacks. There might be problems concerning line breaks.
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answered Aug 14 '26 15:08
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