Write variable to a file on a server?

[Tim Selander]

Hi Mike,

Worked great!! Thank you very much. Exactly what I'm trying to do.

Tim


On 15/08/08 22:05, Mike Bonner wrote:
> You need to set up a script to catch the data, and you need to send the
> data using a key=data type format.
>
> So for example if you're sending a book chapter to your server, and the
> text of the chapter is in variable tChapter
>
> post ("chapter1=" & urlencode(tChapter)) to URL "
> http://myUrl.com/myscript.lc"
> put it -- will put whatever is returned into the msg box
>
>
> For the script itself, since we know the key name..
>
> <?lc
> if $_POST["chapter1"] is not empty then -- post is a special variable where
> posted data is held
> put $_POST["chapter1"] into URL "file:chapter1.txt" -- put the data into a
> file
> put "chapter saved" -- send a message back that the chapter was saved
> else
> put "no chapter sent" -- send an error message back
> end if
> ?>
>
> Obviously this is a very simple example that wouldn't be very useful, but
> hopefully it will give you the idea.
>
> The chapter1.txt file will be created right next to your script (since i
> didn't tell it elsewhere) so to look at the file you would go to
> http://myUrl.com/chapter1.txt
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Tim Selander <selander at tkf.att.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Messing with a LC script in a web page, writing a variable to a text file
>> on my on-rev server account.
>>
>> The dictionary says the postmyData toURL"
>> http://www.example.net/indications.cgi" should work, but it doesn't. I
>> get an 404 error.
>>
>> I am trying to save a variable's text contents by using
>> post myData to URL "http://www.mydomain.info/data.txt"
>>
>> Can anyone tell me the proper way?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
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