Did you ever get the code figured out for this? I have been working my tail off and other than the advice from a few student who pay to get a professional coder to do theirs I am no closer to finishing mine. Is there any chance you have your Unit 4 on projects for IT250 or at least the unit 4 & 5 and would either post the code or upload and post a download link? I hate to ask but I just do not know what else to do short of paying $30 bucks to have a PHP coder to do it.

Take a look at this:

Working With Text Files in PHP

First of all, I must say that I’m not a PHP expert. My PHP knowledge is very limited, but similar concepts apply to different languages, so…

Regarding this:

“…But if I’m trying to pull the information from a text file, wouldn’t the variables be defined once I opened the text file for reading?”

No, you used those variables to write to the file, but that information (variable names) is not stored in the file. The file contains just plain text, so you will have read the text, parse it, and assign the appropriate values to your variables.

	$fp = fopen('contactlist.txt', 'r+');
	if(!$fp) die ("Cannot open the file");

And if not, would I declare them in the same manner as I did in the initial php file that created the text file?

Just in case we need clarification:
There’s an InputTelephone.html form for the user to fill out, then a SaveDirectory.php file to save the data to the contactlist.txt. Lastly, there’s the DisplayDirectory.php that I’m trying to figure out.

I really appreciate the time you’re giving me to help me figure this out. Would it be easier if I zipped the files and sent them to you? Whatever would be easier for you.

Patricia

	$Listing = array();
	$Listing[$Name] = $LastName.",". $FirstName;
	$Listing[$Number] = $PhoneNum;

I received the following error:

Notice: Undefined variable: LastName in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: FirstName in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: Name in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: Number in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 22

Notice: Undefined variable: PhoneNum in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 22

Using your second suggestion:

	$Listing = array();
	$Listing[$LastName.",". $FirstName] = $PhoneNum;

I received this error
Notice: Undefined variable: LastName in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: FirstName in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Notice: Undefined variable: PhoneNum in C:wampwwwOswaltPatricia_Unit5AssignmentDisplayDirectory.php on line 21

Name Phone Number
,

Add New Listing

Retrieve Contact List

Thank you so much for the help. Patricia