Could someone point me in the right direction?

[lmccord2]

I'm building a gaming site, and I need to get some database (not mySQL, please, I can't even get it installed, I'm no PHPist ) where I can have an admin and add a category from it (which would be playstation 2, xbox, etc) and then categories inside those (the games) and in the games, I can add all the cheats, hints & tips, reviews etc from the admin. I just need to be pointed in the right direction. Thanks...

[pyro]

Generally, when one uses PHP, mySQL is the database that is used. What exactly are you looking for?

[AdamGundry]

MySQL is probably the best database to use, though I believe PostgreSQL might be an option, though I haven't tried it myself.

If you are using MySQL, phpMyAdmin is a very useful tool:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

Adam

[lmccord2]

I tried phpMyAdmin before... I couldn't get it installed either rofl. I'll try again. Thanks anyways.

[lmccord2]

Auctually, could someone just give me some PHP code that will write some text to a file and another PHP code to get the text in the file?

[AdamGundry]

To get the text in a file (straight dump to browser):

<?php include "filename.txt" ?>

To read the file and parse newlines to <br>s (suitable for HTML):

<?php
  $text_array = file("filename.txt");
  $text = implode("", $text_array);
  print nl2br($text);
?>

To write to a file (example from www.php.net):

<?php
$filename = 'test.txt';
$somecontent = "Add this to the file\n";

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($filename)) {

    // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode.
    // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence 
    // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it.
    if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'a')) {
         print "Cannot open file ($filename)";
         exit;
    }

    // Write $somecontent to our opened file.
    if (!fwrite($handle, $somecontent)) {
        print "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
        exit;
    }
    
    print "Success, wrote ($somecontent) to file ($filename)";
    
    fclose($handle);
                    
} else {
    print "The file $filename is not writable";
}
?>

Adam

[pyro]

To write to a file: (file must be CHMODed to 666)

<?PHP

$filename = "file.txt";
$text = "This is a demo.";

$fp = fopen ($filename, "w");
if ($fp) {
    fwrite ($fp, $text);
    fclose ($fp);
    echo ("File written");
}
else {
    echo ("File was not written");
}

?>

To read from a file:

<?PHP

$filename = "file.txt";

$fp = fopen ($filename, "r");
if ($fp) {
    $text = fread ($fp, filesize ($filename));
    fclose ($fp);
    echo $text;
}
else {
    echo ("File is not readable");
}

?>