Write text from a form into a text file

Question

The script is not having the desired effect. The message entered is not being written into the text file. If I replace line: fwrite($file, $message); with fwrite($file, "Hellow World"); It works, suggesting that variable $message is not storing any data. Any help would be most appreciated The HTML Script:

<body>
<form method="post" action="">
<textarea name="WMessage" rows ="5" cols="40"></textarea> Enter your message!<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save Message">
</form>

The PHP Script:

<?PHP
    if($_POST['submit'] == "Save Message") {
        $message = $_Post["WMessage"];
        $file = fopen("test.txt", "w") or die("can't open file");
        fwrite($file, $message);
        fclose($file);
    }
    echo $message;
?>

Hi MissDizy - I was looking at you most recent question just as it got deleted and noticed that in your last for next loop using counter as the index. Within the loop, you were referring to the variable i and not counter - if you changed the references from I to counter, maybe that would help. Sadly there is no way on stack overflow to contact users directly, but if you want to email me about your deleted post, please feel free to look at my profile to get my address. Cheers. — David Wilson
– David Wilson, Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 14:26

Funk Forty Niner · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-15 15:17:37Z

2

This $_Post in $_Post["WMessage"]; must be in uppercase, it's a superglobal.

http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.superglobals.php

$_POST["WMessage"];

answered Apr 15, 2015 at 15:17

Funk Forty Niner

74.2k14 gold badges71 silver badges146 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

MissDizy Over a year ago

Arghhhhh, how frustrating! I know this as well! So sorry. Many thanks. That's 2 hours down the drain!! So convinced it was a logic error

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Write text from a form into a text file

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related