Features

Usage

1. Create a form containing the required fields: fields, redirect, error, file.
2. Insert a hidden field in the form that lists all the fields that you wish saved to the data file. For instance, let's assume that a form contains the fields: name, address, city, state, country, phone. The hidden field would look like this:
   <input type="hidden" name="fields" value="name,address,city,state,country,phone">
   Note the lack of any spaces.
3. Create the data file in the data directory. Assuming a base directory name of /usr/local/data, and a server name of grox.net, the data directory name would be: /usr/local/data/grox.net. This directory must already exist, be readable and writable by the web server daemon, and off-limits to otherrs. This is to ensure the privacy and the integrity of the data.
   Assuming a data file name of mydata, the field in the form would look like: <input type="hidden" name="file" value="mydata">
   Note that the file name does not include any path information. Assuming the conditions above, the full path that the script would update would be: /usr/local/data/grox.net/mydata
   If the web server is running as user apache, and a group named 'www' exists to update web pages, these commands would create the empty data file:
   cd /usr/local/data/grox.net
   touch mydata
   chown apache.www mydata
   chmod 660 mydata
4. Create an html page to notify the user of success. Update the original form with the hidden field, redirect. This must be a full URL since this is where the client's browser will be redirected. The tag would look like:
   <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="/some/full/url.html">
5. Create another html page to notify the user of an error. The same precautions apply; it must be a full URL. The form must contain a hidden field named, error that contains this URL. This tag would be:
   <input type="hidden" name="error" value="/some/full/errorurl.html">

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