PHP file creation does not work

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I'm trying to make it so that every time the person presses the submit button, a txt file will be created containing the information on the textboxes. After the form is submitted, it redirects to a different html file. But this does not work

THIS IS MY PHP CODE (File name:process.php)

<?php
                    $form = fopen("forms/openhouse_signup.txt", "w") or die("Error: Missing Forms on Server!");
                    if (!empty($_POST)){
                        $txt = "Parent's Name: ".$_POST['parentN']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "Email Address: ".$_POST['email']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "Postal Code: ".$_POST['postal']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "Phone Number: ".$_POST['phone']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "Child's Name: ".$_POST['childN']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "Child's Age: ".$_POST['childA']."\n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        $txt = "\n ----------------------------- \n";
                        fwrite($form, $txt);

                        fclose($form);
                        header('Location: done.html');
                    }
?>

MY HTML CODE (File Name:signup.html)

<h2 style="font-family:Arial, Sans-serif">Please Fill In The Following Boxes To Sign Up</h2>
                <form style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:12pt" name="input" action="process.php" method="POST">
                    Full Name of Parent:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="parentN"><br><br>
                    Email Address:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="email"><br><br>
                    Postal Code:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="postal"><br><br>
                    Phone Number:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="phone"><br><br>
                    Full Name of Child:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="childN"><br><br>
                    Age of Child:<br> 
                    <input class="txtbox" type="text" name="childA"><br><br>
                    <input type="submit" value="Sign Up!">
                </form>

That's a poor validity check, just testing for if(!empty($_POST)). What if the user creates Elements using firebug, or something? Just a comment. — StackSlave
– StackSlave, Commented Jul 20, 2014 at 5:19

Valentin Mercier · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-20 05:02:17Z

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I have tested your code and it is working perfectly. So so far so good, then I have found this issue that I think is yours. You may not have the rights to open and to write inside a file. To fix this you need to change its chmod to 777. You can do it either by a command line:

chmod 777 filename.php

or a PHP instruction if you prefer:

chmod(filename.php, 777);

Also chmod to 777 the form folder to be able to create anything inside this folder.

Then I've ran again the code and it worked perfectly. Here is the output from the .txt file:

Parent's Name: a
Email Address: b
Postal Code: c
Phone Number: de
Child's Name: e
Child's Age: f

 -----------------------------

For more documentation on chmod see : http://php.net//manual/fr/function.chmod.php and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod

answered Jul 20, 2014 at 5:02

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user3855097 Over a year ago

Thank you, this is probably why. I will fix it right now. Thanks for your help!

Valentin Mercier · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-20 05:02:51Z

Try after adding 'value' attribute in text-field as following :

   <form name="input" action="process.php" method="POST">
            Full Name of Parent:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="parentN"><br><br>
            Email Address:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="email"><br><br>
            Postal Code:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="postal"><br><br>
            Phone Number:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="phone"><br><br>
            Full Name of Child:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="childN"><br><br>
            Age of Child:<br> 
            <input class="txtbox" type="text" value="" name="childA"><br><br>
            <input type="submit" value="Sign Up!">
        </form>

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