Hi, I'm looking for an alternative to the formmail script.
What I'd like is a script which enables the contents of a form to be written
to a file and saved in a folder on the server somewhere, (thus able to use
SSL to access the data created).

Any ideas - gratefully received.

Thanks
Matt

In article <1086214606.668262@news01.eclipse.net.uk>,
matt.jamesRemthIS@tesco.net says...
PHP would sit nicely.
fopen a file named with the date/time in it so each file is unique[1],
collect your $_POST variables into a string, and fwrite it. You could
fopen within a folder that is also dated if that would help organise
things.

[1] As unique as it this method allows. You may want to write an extra
slice of code if you think there's a small chance that two people could
submit forms on exactly the same second.

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<MPG.1b286989e47bfa3f9896c6@news.ntlworld.com> from Gazza contained the
following:

or use the unique function :-) And surely there's not much point using
SSL to access the data if you don't use it to acquire it?

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Geoff,
Thanks for th enote - to clarify, I would propose using SSL on the entry
form also.

Cheers, MAtt

"Geoff Berrow" <blthecat@ckdog.co.uk> wrote in message
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I noticed that Message-ID: <1086242418.787935@news01.eclipse.net.uk>
from Matt contained the following:

Cool. I'd also store the data in a MySql database rather than writing
files. Much easier to manipulate.

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Hi Matt

Take a look at the excellent http://cgi.resourceindex.com/ or if
you have PHP enabled space http://php.resourceindex.com/

Thousands of ready made scripts, some / most free of charge.

Regards
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