Save input data in php file (No DB)

Question

Is it possible to save input data in php file without using any database?

Something like:

echo " inputted text.. ";

or

$text = "Text..";

Answer 1

Use fwrite, very easy :

<?php
$fp = fopen('myfile.txt', 'w');
fwrite($fp, 'this is my database without database :p ');
fclose($fp);
?>

Answer 2

If you want to work with a form, and extract some variables into a file you can use:

Your Form in form.html

<form action="recipient.php" method="POST">

  INPUT1: <input type="text" name="text1" id="input1"><br/>
  INPUT2: <input type="text" name="text2" id="input2"><br/>
  FILENAME: <input type="text" name="filename" id="filename">

  <button type="submit">Send now</button>

</form>

Your PHP recipient.php - without any validation checks:

<?php
$varA = "\$varA = ".$_POST['input1'].";"; // put your string into varible $varA
$varB = "\$varB = ".$_POST['input1'].";"; // put your string into varible $varA
$fileName = $_POST['filename']; // set a filename from form field

$text = $varA ." ". $varB;  // add all together 

$filepath = fopen('/var/www/html/'.$fileName.'.php', 'w+'); // set filepath and fopen to new PHP-file
fwrite($filepath, '<?php '. $text); // write text as PHP-file
fclose($filepath); // close file
?>

If you haven't read about them yet check HTML-Forms.
You might also want to look into arrays and serialisation.
But apart from that I highly recommend to have a look into Databases (PDO) - it safes you time and is much more secure.