Guestbook

**Jonathan** · 06-10-2003 01:48 AM

I need a banner free guestbook with no links to other pages, just mine. So if anyone knows of a guestbook script let me know.. maybe i should ask PHP, but i need a guestbook... maybe a generator would be better.

**pyro** · 06-10-2003 07:15 AM

Here's a simple guestbook. It shouldn't be too hard to change the way it looks.... You can see it at http://www.infinitypages.com/temp/guestbook.php

You will need a file named guestbook.txt CHMODed to 666 (read/writeable).

PHP Code:


<?PHP



$filename = "guestbook.txt"; #CHMOD to 666

$text = "";



if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {

    $name = htmlspecialchars($_POST["name"]);

    $message = htmlspecialchars($_POST["message"]);

    

    $date = date ("l, F jS, Y");

    $time = date ("h:i A");

    

    $value = $message."<br>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: bold;\">Posted by $name at $time on $date.</span>\n<break>\n";



    ##Write the file##

    

    $fp = fopen ($filename, "a");

    if ($fp) {

        fwrite ($fp, $value);

        fclose ($fp);

    }

    else {

        echo ("Your entry could not be added.");

    }

}



?>



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"

       "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Guestbook</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>



<body>

<form action="<?PHP echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">

<p>Your Message:<br>

<textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="50"></textarea><br>

Your Name: <input type="text" name="name"> 

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></p>

</form>



<?PHP



$contents = @file($filename) or die("No files in guestbook.");



foreach ($contents as $line_num => $line) {

    $text .= $line;

}



$text = split("<break>", $text);



for ($i=0; $i<count($text)-1; $i++) {

    echo "<div style=\"border: gray 1px solid; padding: 5px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: #eeeeee;\">";

    echo $text[$i];

    echo "</div>";

}



?>

</body>

</html>

**Jonathan** · 06-10-2003 11:27 AM

What do I need to type in the Guestbook.txt and what is the CHMOD thing... not familiar...

**pyro** · 06-10-2003 11:33 AM

You don't type anything in guestbook.txt... just upload the blank file. To CHMOD, you will need to FTP to your site, and check the documentation on how to CHMOD files...

**Jonathan** · 06-10-2003 11:35 AM

So do I make the CHMOD blank and with notepad? Can you tall me how to create one
?

**pyro** · 06-10-2003 11:44 AM

No, sorry. Let me explain what CHMOD is. CHMOD is the Unix/Linux way to change the permissions of a file. Basically, it is just a Unix command to tell the file to be able to be written to.

Anyway, the script should create the file if it does not exist, so try just running guestbook.php without even uploading guestbook.txt... It should create it for you.

**Jonathan** · 06-10-2003 11:47 AM

So I don't have to do anything, just copy&paste the php script into a "Guestbook.php"...
Are you sure.. how will it keep track of the signatures?

**brendandonhue** · 06-11-2003 03:12 PM

It will save them in guestbook.txt.
Are you sure your server supports PHP?

**Dark Dragon** · 10-14-2003 02:01 PM

I am a bit confused as well.

This code you gave Pyro, I copied it into notepad...so can I just upload that notepad file into my host directory then as well as the blank guestbook.txt file?

Or do I need to paste the code you gave us onto a web page document then save it? I know this sounds painfully simple but I am unfamiliar with PHP.

Secondly if I do have to paste the code into a web page document..do I have to save it as a PHP or just save it as I would any other web page?

Thanks.

**pyro** · 10-14-2003 02:12 PM

Basically what you do is take all the code in the PHP block above and copy it into any HTML/plain text editor. Then, save the file with a .php extention (for PHP to be processed, it must have a .php extention). So yes, just copy the code into notepad, and save with a .php extention. Now, make a .txt file named guestbook.txt and upload that to the server as well. Once it is on the server, CHMOD the guestbook.txt file to 666 (so the PHP script can write to it).

**Dark Dragon** · 10-14-2003 02:15 PM

Oh..okay..that sounds easy enough. Thanks Pyro!

**Dark Dragon** · 10-14-2003 02:23 PM

Okay..here is another inquery..I would like the newest entry to appear at the top..what do I need to alter in order to make this happen?

Please keep in mind I am a complete idiot when it comes to PHP so don't get too techy on me.

**pyro** · 10-14-2003 03:06 PM

Ok, try changing the ##Write the file## section to look like this (untested):

PHP Code:


##Read old file##



$contents = @file($filename);

$file = "";

foreach ($contents as $line) {

    $file .= $line;

}



$post = $file.$value;



##Write the file##



$fp = fopen ($filename, "w");

if ($fp) {

    flock($fp, LOCK_EX);

    fwrite ($fp, $post);

    flock($fp, LOCK_UN);

    fclose ($fp);

}

else {

    echo ("Your entry could not be added.");

}

**Dark Dragon** · 10-14-2003 04:16 PM

Thanks Pyro..I am gonna try that then

Here is what I have so far..tell me if this looks correct please.

P.S..I altered the background color and text color..so that is why there is CSS.

PHP Code:


<?PHP



$filename = "guestbook.txt"; #CHMOD to 666

$text = "";



if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {

    $name = $_POST["name"];

    $message = $_POST["message"];

    

    $date = date ("l, F jS, Y");

    $time = date ("h:i A");

    

    $value = $message."<br>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 70%; font-weight: bold;\">Posted by $name at $time on $date.</span>\n<break>\n";

##Read old file##



$contents = @file($filename);

$file = "";

foreach ($contents as $line) {

    $file .= $line;

}



$post = $file.$value;



    ##Write the file##



$fp = fopen ($filename, "w");

if ($fp) {

    flock($fp, LOCK_EX);

    fwrite ($fp, $post);

    flock($fp, LOCK_UN);

    fclose ($fp);

}

else {

    echo ("Your entry could not be added.");

}



}



?>



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"

       "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Guestbook</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<style type="text/css">

body {background-color: rgb(24,24,24)}

</style>

</head>



<body text="#FFFFFF">

<form action="<?PHP echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post">

<p>Your Message:<br>

<textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="50"></textarea><br>

Your Name: <input type="text" name="name"> 

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"></p>

</form>



<?PHP



$contents = @file($filename) or die("No files in guestbook.");



foreach ($contents as $line_num => $line) {

    $text .= $line;

}



$text = split("<break>", $text);



for ($i=0; $i<count($text)-1; $i++) {

    echo "<div style=\"border: blue 1px solid; padding: 5px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: #000000;\">";

    echo $text[$i];

    echo "</div>";

}



?>

</body>

</html>

**pyro** · 10-14-2003 05:22 PM

Yeah, it looks good -- does it work for you?

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