Store an email address from a HTML form in a .txt file

Asked Jan 27 '17 at 19:07

Active Jan 27 '17 at 19:09

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I have a simple HTML page and have a text entry box to capture email addresses for subscriptions. However, I cannot get the PHP part to work and store the address in the text file.

<!-- Signup Form -->
<form id="signup-form" method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>
    <input type="email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Email Address" />
    <input type="submit" value="Sign Up" />
    <?php if(isset($_POST['submit']))
        {
            $email = $_POST['email'];
            if ($email == ''){ echo Email is empty! }
            if($email != ''){
                $myfile = fopen("newfile.txt", "w") or die("Unable to open file!");
                fwrite($myfile, "Email:". $email);
                fclose($myfile);
            }
        }
    ?>
</form>

edited Jan 27 '17 at 19:09

Jeremy Harris

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asked Jan 27 '17 at 19:07

Mark Taylor

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http://php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php is a good start. Which I might add will throw you an undefined submit index notice. – Funk Forty Niner Jan 27 '17 at 19:08
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and `{ echo Email is empty! }` another error; a parse error. – Funk Forty Niner Jan 27 '17 at 19:11
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You code is good, you ust need to change this `` to this `` – Hackerman Jan 27 '17 at 19:11
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@Hackerman It's not good, look `if ($email == ''){ echo Email is empty! }` – Funk Forty Niner Jan 27 '17 at 19:11
I missed that...and also I assume that it's a typo... – Hackerman Jan 27 '17 at 19:13

Store an email address from a HTML form in a .txt file

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