Save text from URL

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I found this code. He saves a text file on the server I want to change it instead to have a textBox and button. Have the possibility to compose the URL Example: www.example.com/index.php?writeText=text What needs to change in this code to do this?

<html>
<body>
    <form name="form" method="post">
        <input type="text" name="text_box" size="50"/>
        <input type="submit" id="search-submit" value="submit" />
    </form>
</body>

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['text_box'])) { //only do file operations when appropriate
        $a = $_POST['text_box'];
        $myFile = "t.txt";
        $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
        fwrite($fh, $a);
        fclose($fh);
    }
?>

Thanks

Can you clear up what you're asking? – Jay Blanchard May 30 '14 at 15:00 — Jay Blanchard, May 30 '14 at 15:00

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '14 at 15:01

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You use GET instead of POST.

<?php
    if(isset($_GET['writeText'])) { //only do file operations when appropriate
        $a = $_GET['writeText'];
        $myFile = "t.txt";
        $fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");
        fwrite($fh, $a);
        fclose($fh);
    }
?>

answered May 30 '14 at 15:01

Aprilsnar

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If you were to use $_REQUEST instead of $_GET, the same code could work with a get and a post. See [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1924939/php-request-vs-get-and-post) stackoverflow answer for more info. – osantos May 30 '14 at 15:33

Save text from URL

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