[PHP] using fwrite to create PHP files

[Jay Blanchard]

[snip]
I wish to use fwrite() to create a small PHP file. So far, when I
attempt
to do this, php parses the contents of the file that fwrite needs to
create. Eg, I have this:
[/snip]

Vince I did this

<?php
/*
** Write PHP with PHP
** 2003-09-05
*/

$newphp = fopen("/usr/server/test/new_php.php", "w");

fputs($newphp, "<?php\n");
fputs($newphp, "This is a PHP by PHP writing test.\n");
fputs($newphp, "?>\n");

fclose($newphp);
?>

And it worked fine. fputs() places the string in the file properly. I
also noticed at the end of your script....

write($new_file, $new_file_content);

Since I saw no write() function in your script I would have to assume
that you are calling an undefined function, which is probably where your
errors are coming from. Try changing the line to

fputs($new_file, $new_file_content);

And you should have much luck. Have a pleasant, productive and
meaningful day.

[Mike Ford]

On 05 September 2003 19:44, Chris Sherwood wrote:

> this is a sample of what I do when I need to write a php file
>
> $stringtowrite = "<?PHP\n// Bulletin Board
> forum\n$"."ForumId=".$tabletofind.";\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .=
> "$"."ForumActive='1';\n$"."ForumName='".$sportname ."';\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumDescription='".$sportname."
> forum';\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumConfigSuffix='';\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumFolder='0';\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumParent='0';\n";
>
> $stringtowrite .= "$"."ForumLang='lang/english.php';\n";
>
> --- and so on until finally
>
> $fd=fopen($final_destination,"w") or die ("file won't open");
> /*if ($fd===false) {
> echo "file create failed";
> exit();
> //return;
> } */
> fwrite($fd,$stringtowrite);
> fclose($fd);

Ouch! This looks like a prime candidate for a heredoc ([url]http://www.php.net/language.types.string#language.types.string.syntax .heredoc):[/url]

$stringtowrite = <<<STRINGTOWRITE
// Bulletin Board forum
\$ForumId=$tabletofind;
\$ForumActive='1';
\$ForumName='$sportname';
\$ForumDescription='$sportname forum';
\$ForumConfigSuffix='';
\$ForumFolder='0';
\$ForumParent='0';
\$ForumLang='lang/english.php';
STRINGTOWRITE;

You can even embed the heredoc directly in the fwrite():

$fd=fopen($final_destination,"w") or die ("file won't open");
fwrite($fd, <<<FILECONTENT
// Bulletin Board forum
\$ForumId=$tabletofind;
\$ForumActive='1';
\$ForumName='$sportname';
\$ForumDescription='$sportname forum';
\$ForumConfigSuffix='';
\$ForumFolder='0';
\$ForumParent='0';
\$ForumLang='lang/english.php';
FILECONTENT
);
fclose($fd);

Cheers!

Mike

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