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How to create a new ***.php file format in PHP scriptting?

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:17 am
by Defcon
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Hye all! I would like to know how PHP works to create other a new PHP file automatically on web folder? Ok my case scenario is like this. I already download a Article Manager 0.3 written in PHP language from:

http://www.interlogy.com/support/free-d ... ager03.zip

With that script it help me to generate a news/article web page automatically on my web site. However that script will be generate on new ****.html file format. What i want is a new ***.php file format. Can someone help me to define on which one function should i look forward.

I already refer to http://php.net/fopen [s]coz[/s] [size=150][color=green]because[/color][/size] i think it maybe something related with fopen () funtion. I read there sound like that URL didnt tell me how to create other a new web file (html/php/etc) automatically. It just tell it to create a TXT file. I also already change that coding by change the extensions from .html to .php throughout the code but i wont create a PHP file. However, here i give a full code wish someone can help here.

[b]news.php[/b]

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<html>
<body bgcolor=#f4efce>

<basefont size=2 face=arial>

<b>Add Article</b>
<?
        include ("template.inc");
        include ("config.php");
	
	$subject = $_POST[subject];
	$summary = $_POST[summary];
	$passwd = $_POST[passwd];
	$date = $_POST[date];
	$body = $_POST[body];
	$article_id = $_POST[article_id];

	#foreach($GLOBALS as $a => $b){	print "<li>$a => $b";}

	$summary_template = "t_summary.html";
	$article_template = "t_article.html";
	$max_summary = 5;

	function summary_page ($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id)
	{
		global $summary_template;
        	$t = new Template();
        	$t->set_file("SummaryPage", $summary_template);
		$article_url = "article_".$article_id.".html";
		$date = nl2br($date);
		$summary =  nl2br($summary);	 
		$t->set_var( array(
				"subject" => $subject,
				"date"    => $date,
				"summary" => $summary,
				"article_url" => $article_url
				));
		$t->parse("Summary", "SummaryPage");
		return $t->get_var("Summary");
	}

	function main_page ($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id, $body)
	{
		global $article_template;

                $t = new Template();
                $t->set_file("ArticlePage", $article_template);
                $article_url = "article_".$article_id.".html";
                $date = nl2br($date);
                $summary =  nl2br($summary);
                $body =  nl2br($body);
                $t->set_var( array(
                                "subject" => $subject,
                                "date"    => $date,
                                "summary" => $summary,
                                "body" => $body,
                                "article_url" => $article_url
                                ));
                $t->parse("Article", "ArticlePage");
                return $t->get_var("Article"); 
	}

	function add_article($filename, $news)
	{

		if(file_exists($filename)){
			$fh = fopen($filename, "r");
			$old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
			fclose($fh); 
		}

		/* TODO: Multipage articles
			preg_match_all("<!--ARTICLE PAGE=(\d*)-->", $old_news, $matches;
		
			if( count($matches[0]) >= $max_summary){
				$oldfilename = $filename.($matches[0][0]+1);
			} 
		*/

		$fh = fopen($filename, "w");
		$news = stripslashes($news);
		fwrite($fh, "\n<!--ARTICLE-->\n$news $old_news");
		fclose($fh);
	}

	if(strcmp($subject, "")){	
		if(!(strcmp($passwd, $password))){	
			add_article("article_summary.html", summary_page($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id));
			add_article("article_$article_id.html", main_page($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id, $body));
			echo "<p> <a href=article_$article_id.html>Article</a> has been added! <p>";
		}else{
			echo "<p><b> Password is wrong! </b>";
		}
	}
?>


<form action=news.php method=post>
<table border=0>
<tr> <td> (Password): </td><td> <input type=password name=passwd size=20> </td></tr>
<tr> <td> Subject: </td><td> <input type=text name=subject size=50> </td></tr>
<tr> <td> Article ID: </td><td> <input type=text name=article_id value=<? echo date("Y_m_j_is"); ?> size=30> </td></tr>
<tr> <td> Date/Author/etc: </td><td> <textarea name=date rows=2 cols=50 wrap=soft><? echo date("M j, Y\n"); ?>Author: </textarea> </td></tr>
<tr> <td> Summary: </td><td> <textarea name=summary rows=5 cols=50 wrap=soft></textarea> </td></tr>
<tr> <td> Body: </td><td> <textarea name=body rows=15 cols=50></textarea> </td></tr>
</table>
<input type=submit name=submit value=Add>
</form>


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template.inc

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<?php
/*
 * Session Management for PHP3
 *
 * (C) Copyright 1999-2000 NetUSE GmbH
 *                    Kristian Koehntopp
 *
 * $Id: template.inc,v 1.5 2000/07/12 18:22:35 kk Exp $
 *
 */ 

class Template {
  var $classname = "Template";

  /* if set, echo assignments */
  var $debug     = false;

  /* $file[handle] = "filename"; */
  var $file  = array();

  /* relative filenames are relative to this pathname */
  var $root   = "";

  /* $varkeys[key] = "key"; $varvals[key] = "value"; */
  var $varkeys = array();
  var $varvals = array();

  /* "remove"  => remove undefined variables
   * "comment" => replace undefined variables with comments
   * "keep"    => keep undefined variables
   */
  var $unknowns = "remove";
  
  /* "yes" => halt, "report" => report error, continue, "no" => ignore error quietly */
  var $halt_on_error  = "yes";
  
  /* last error message is retained here */
  var $last_error     = "";


  /***************************************************************************/
  /* public: Constructor.
   * root:     template directory.
   * unknowns: how to handle unknown variables.
   */
  function Template($root = ".", $unknowns = "remove") {
    $this->set_root($root);
    $this->set_unknowns($unknowns);
  }

  /* public: setroot(pathname $root)
   * root:   new template directory.
   */  
  function set_root($root) {
    if (!is_dir($root)) {
      $this->halt("set_root: $root is not a directory.");
      return false;
    }
    
    $this->root = $root;
    return true;
  }

  /* public: set_unknowns(enum $unknowns)
   * unknowns: "remove", "comment", "keep"
   *
   */
  function set_unknowns($unknowns = "keep") {
    $this->unknowns = $unknowns;
  }

  /* public: set_file(array $filelist)
   * filelist: array of handle, filename pairs.
   *
   * public: set_file(string $handle, string $filename)
   * handle: handle for a filename,
   * filename: name of template file
   */
  function set_file($handle, $filename = "") {
    if (!is_array($handle)) {
      if ($filename == "") {
        $this->halt("set_file: For handle $handle filename is empty.");
        return false;
      }
      $this->file[$handle] = $this->filename($filename);
    } else {
      reset($handle);
      while(list($h, $f) = each($handle)) {
        $this->file[$h] = $this->filename($f);
      }
    }
  }

  /* public: set_block(string $parent, string $handle, string $name = "")
   * extract the template $handle from $parent, 
   * place variable {$name} instead.
   */
  function set_block($parent, $handle, $name = "") {
    if (!$this->loadfile($parent)) {
      $this->halt("subst: unable to load $parent.");
      return false;
    }
    if ($name == "")
      $name = $handle;

    $str = $this->get_var($parent);
    $reg = "/<!--\s+BEGIN $handle\s+-->(.*)\n\s*<!--\s+END $handle\s+-->/sm";
    preg_match_all($reg, $str, $m);
    $str = preg_replace($reg, "{" . "$name}", $str);
    $this->set_var($handle, $m[1][0]);
    $this->set_var($parent, $str);
  }
  
  /* public: set_var(array $values)
   * values: array of variable name, value pairs.
   *
   * public: set_var(string $varname, string $value)
   * varname: name of a variable that is to be defined
   * value:   value of that variable
   */
  function set_var($varname, $value = "") {
    if (!is_array($varname)) {
      if (!empty($varname))
        if ($this->debug) print "scalar: set *$varname* to *$value*<br>\n";
        $this->varkeys[$varname] = "/".$this->varname($varname)."/";
        $this->varvals[$varname] = $value;
    } else {
      reset($varname);
      while(list($k, $v) = each($varname)) {
        if (!empty($k))
          if ($this->debug) print "array: set *$k* to *$v*<br>\n";
          $this->varkeys[$k] = "/".$this->varname($k)."/";
          $this->varvals[$k] = $v;
      }
    }
  }

  /* public: subst(string $handle)
   * handle: handle of template where variables are to be substituted.
   */
  function subst($handle) {
    if (!$this->loadfile($handle)) {
      $this->halt("subst: unable to load $handle.");
      return false;
    }

    $str = $this->get_var($handle);
    $str = @preg_replace($this->varkeys, $this->varvals, $str);
    return $str;
  }
  
  /* public: psubst(string $handle)
   * handle: handle of template where variables are to be substituted.
   */
  function psubst($handle) {
    print $this->subst($handle);
    
    return false;
  }

  /* public: parse(string $target, string $handle, boolean append)
   * public: parse(string $target, array  $handle, boolean append)
   * target: handle of variable to generate
   * handle: handle of template to substitute
   * append: append to target handle
   */
  function parse($target, $handle, $append = false) {
    if (!is_array($handle)) {
      $str = $this->subst($handle);
      if ($append) {
        $this->set_var($target, $this->get_var($target) . $str);
      } else {
        $this->set_var($target, $str);
      }
    } else {
      reset($handle);
      while(list($i, $h) = each($handle)) {
        $str = $this->subst($h);
        $this->set_var($target, $str);
      }
    }
    
    return $str;
  }
  
  function pparse($target, $handle, $append = false) {
    print $this->parse($target, $handle, $append);
    return false;
  }
  
  /* public: get_vars()
   */
  function get_vars() {
    reset($this->varkeys);
    while(list($k, $v) = each($this->varkeys)) {
      $result[$k] = $this->varvals[$k];
    }
    
    return $result;
  }
  
  /* public: get_var(string varname)
   * varname: name of variable.
   *
   * public: get_var(array varname)
   * varname: array of variable names
   */
  function get_var($varname) {
    if (!is_array($varname)) {
      return $this->varvals[$varname];
    } else {
      reset($varname);
      while(list($k, $v) = each($varname)) {
        $result[$k] = $this->varvals[$k];
      }
      
      return $result;
    }
  }
  
  /* public: get_undefined($handle)
   * handle: handle of a template.
   */
  function get_undefined($handle) {
    if (!$this->loadfile($handle)) {
      $this->halt("get_undefined: unable to load $handle.");
      return false;
    }
    
    preg_match_all("/\{([^}]+)\}/", $this->get_var($handle), $m);
    $m = $m[1];
    if (!is_array($m))
      return false;

    reset($m);
    while(list($k, $v) = each($m)) {
      if (!isset($this->varkeys[$v]))
        $result[$v] = $v;
    }
    
    if (count($result))
      return $result;
    else
      return false;
  }

  /* public: finish(string $str)
   * str: string to finish.
   */
  function finish($str) {
    switch ($this->unknowns) {
      case "keep":
      break;
      
      case "remove":
        $str = preg_replace('/{[^ \t\r\n}]+}/', "", $str);
      break;

      case "comment":
        $str = preg_replace('/{([^ \t\r\n}]+)}/', "<!-- Template $handle: Variable \\1 undefined -->", $str);
      break;
    }
    
    return $str;
  }

  /* public: p(string $varname)
   * varname: name of variable to print.
   */
  function p($varname) {
    print $this->finish($this->get_var($varname));
  }

 /* Added by Aytekin
  function pvalue($varname) {
    return $this->finish($this->get_var($varname));
  }


  function get($varname) {
    return $this->finish($this->get_var($varname));
  }
    
  /***************************************************************************/
  /* private: filename($filename)
   * filename: name to be completed.
   */
  function filename($filename) {
    if (substr($filename, 0, 1) != "/") {
      $filename = $this->root."/".$filename;
    }
    
    if (!file_exists($filename))
      $this->halt("filename: file $filename does not exist.");

    return $filename;
  }
  
  /* private: varname($varname)
   * varname: name of a replacement variable to be protected.
   */
  function varname($varname) {
    return preg_quote("{".$varname."}");
  }

  /* private: loadfile(string $handle)
   * handle:  load file defined by handle, if it is not loaded yet.
   */
  function loadfile($handle) {
    if (isset($this->varkeys[$handle]) and !empty($this->varvals[$handle]))
      return true;

    if (!isset($this->file[$handle])) {
      $this->halt("loadfile: $handle is not a valid handle.");
      return false;
    }
    $filename = $this->file[$handle];

    $str = implode("", @file($filename));
    if (empty($str)) {
      $this->halt("loadfile: While loading $handle, $filename does not exist or is empty.");
      return false;
    }

    $this->set_var($handle, $str);
    
    return true;
  }

  /***************************************************************************/
  /* public: halt(string $msg)
   * msg:    error message to show.
   */
  function halt($msg) {
    $this->last_error = $msg;
    
    if ($this->halt_on_error != "no")
      $this->haltmsg($msg);
    
    if ($this->halt_on_error == "yes")
      die("<b>Halted.</b>");
    
    return false;
  }
  
  /* public, override: haltmsg($msg)
   * msg: error message to show.
   */
  function haltmsg($msg) {
    printf("<b>Template Error:</b> %s<br>\n", $msg);
  }
}
?>
What i want is i want that script generate a PHP file format and nop HTML format.HUhuhuh. Thanxs


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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:27 am
by jmut
simplify what you are asking for...nobody is going to read that much code.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:29 am
by Defcon
jmut wrote:simplify what you are asking for...nobody is going to read that much code.
Thanxs jmut for reply. What i want is to make it that script generate a PHP file and not in HTML file format. huhuhuhu

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:58 am
by jmut
php file is no different from html.
it is just normal text file.
Who and how will it be interpreted...usually depends on its extension. like .php but not necessaryly the case.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:52 am
by Defcon
jmut wrote:php file is no different from html.
it is just normal text file.
Who and how will it be interpreted...usually depends on its extension. like .php but not necessaryly the case.
Yup! I admit that. Actually on template i already add a new line of PHP string using "includes" to call other PHP script. It done well at other HTML file. But on this generated HTML it wont. However if i as save as PHP a same HTML file with a same code that includes running normally. So i think better i fix that script to generated PHP file than HTML huhuhuh

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:21 am
by Defcon
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Here i paste a part of that PHP script in a file name as news.php. Base on my PHP knowledge, "fopen" function is a for PHP script to create a new file right? Correct me if i'm wrong. So how i can know on that funtions will be save as HTML/PHP/TXT/etc?

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$fh = fopen($filename, "w");
		$news = stripslashes($news);
		fwrite($fh, "\n<!--ARTICLE-->\n$news $old_news");
		fclose($fh);
	}

	if(strcmp($subject, "")){	
		if(!(strcmp($passwd, $password))){	
			add_article("article_summary.php", summary_page($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id));
			add_article("article_$article_id.php", main_page($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id, $body));
			echo "<p> <a href=article_$article_id.php>Article</a> has been added! <p>";
		}else{
			echo "<p><b> Password is wrong! </b>";
		}
	}
?>

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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:53 am
by onion2k
In general this sort of thing is a bad idea. It makes it a lot more difficult to debug, it means you'll end up with thousands of .php scripts with no way to change/fix them if something is found later, and at the end of the day it's just not really necessary. If your news script is written to take an $_GET variable and display a different article based on it's value you'll be a lot better off. If you need friendly URLs then use Apache's mod_rewrite functionality.

There are a couple of places that generating code is a good approach, but this doesn't appear to be one.