creating a file with an extension?

[rapmaster]

ok, I'm just wondering cuz I'm gona need to do this before I can finish a script I'm working on but how do I make a file with a certain extenion?

like I want to create a php file, how would I do that?

 

[Bruce]

I really must be missing something here...

Save the file in your script editor as *.php.

 

[Canuckkev]

Open up notepad, type up your script, then File>Save As>Save As Type:All Files>Enter filename.php>OK

 

[rapmaster]

ok guys, I'm not a retarded moron. I know how to save it as one. I want to create a file using a php script with a .php extension, how to you make files with extensions? and have a variable for a name?

like would it be

$blah = fopen($file, ".php")

or what

 

[dawizman]

no, use:

<?PHP
$fp = fopen("$file.php", "w");
fputs($fp, "");
fclose($fp);
?>

you can add text in between the "" in the fputs statment and it will be saved to the file. $file must be defined for this to work. But other wise, this works fine, I tested it.

 

[rapmaster]

ok, so I can just go

$file.php

like if its from a query using post,

script.php?file=yadayada

and I call

fopen("$file.php", "w");

it will call yadayada.php and doing the rest will write and create the file right? I'm gona test it out. Thx for the help

 

[dawizman]

originally posted by rapmaster
ok, so I can just go

$file.php

like if its from a query using post,

script.php?file=yadayada

and I call

fopen("$file.php", "w");

yes, except you need those other 2 lines of code or it won't work.

 

[rapmaster]

aight thx

 

[dawizman]

no problem