PHP ECHO VARIABLE

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I managed to create a new line for each only with :

$content1= hot("britney") ? "britney found" : "";
$content2= hot("gaga") ? "gaga found" : "";
$content3= hot("carol") ? "carol found" : ""; 

$filename = 'result.txt';
$handle = fopen($filename, 'a');
fwrite($handle, "$Content1\r\n");
fwrite($handle, "$Content2\r\n");
fwrite($handle, "$Content3\r\n");
fwrite($handle, "$Content4\r\n");
fclose($handle);

But i have many lines and it makes a lot of modifications... How could i automatize the process ? maybe something like foreach < i really don't know how to implement this one here'

I have the following codes:

require("class.XMLHttpRequest.php");
function hot($news){
    $url="https://localhost/search.aspx?search=".$news.""; 
 $ajax=new XMLHttpRequest();
 $ajax->setRequestHeader("Cookie","Cookie: host");
 $ajax->open("GET",$url,true);
 $ajax->send(null);
 if($ajax->status==200){
  $rHeader=$ajax->getResponseHeader("Set-Cookie");
  if(substr_count($rHeader, "Present!")>0) { return true; }
 }else{ return false; }
} 

echo ( hot("britney") )?"britney found":"<br>";
echo ( hot("gaga") )?"gaga found":"<br>";
echo ( hot("carol") )?"carol found":"<br>";

AND

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

echo "open";
$handle = fopen($filename, 'x+');
echo " write";
fwrite($handle, $Content);
echo " close";
fclose($handle);
?>

and i have many echo ( hot("britney") )?"britney found":" "; in my script and because of that i want to send them to a file

how can i set a string for echo ( hot("britney") )?"britney found":" ";to be able to use it in my code that sends the info to file

i also don't want the page to print anything to the screen

your parentheses are incorrectly placed. remove them from the echo call entirely — echo
– echo, Commented Sep 30, 2010 at 1:27

Mark Elliot · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 01:28:17Z

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Just store stuff in a variable then write variable.

// put stuff in $content instead of printing
$content = '';
$content .= hot("britney") ? "britney found" : "<br>";
$content .= hot("gaga") ? "gaga found" : "<br>";
$content .= hot("carol") ? "carol found" : "<br>"; 

// write to file
$handle = fopen($filename, 'x+');
fwrite($handle, $content);
fclose($handle);

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 1:28

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echo · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 01:28:14Z

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$Content = hot("britney") ? "britney found" : " ";

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 1:28

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 20:38:18Z

As others have already stated, put the contents of your echos into a variable then write that into a file. There are two ways to do this. You can use file handlers:

<?php
// "w" will create the file if it does not exist and overwrite if it does
// "a" will create the file if it does not exist and append to the end if it does
$file = fopen('/path/to/file', 'w');
fwrite($file, $content);
fclose($file);

A slightly simpler way is to use file_put_contents():

<?php
file_put_contents('/path/to/file', $contents);

And if you want to append to the file:

<?php
file_put_contents('/path/to/file', $contents, FILE_APPEND);

As for the parenthesis you have around the conditional for your echos, I prefer something more like the following:

<?php
$contents = '';
$contents .= (hot('britney') ? 'britney found' : '<br />');

If you want to be able to easily read the file outside of a web browser, you should use a new line instead of a   to separate your output. For example:

<?php
$contents = '';
$contents .= (hot('britney') ? 'britney found'."\n" : "\n");

Talvi Watia · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 01:29:01Z

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Replace all of the echo statements with a variable, then write that variable to a file.

$Content.= ( hot("britney") )?"britney found":"<br>";

etc...

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 1:29

Talvi Watia

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2 Comments

adam Over a year ago

it seems i cant make new line with anything $Content.= ( hot("britney") )?"britney found":" "; br or \n or anything

Talvi Watia Over a year ago

@adam HTML requires   for EOL and ASCII requires \n.

lucifurious · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-30 01:33:32Z

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First off, your parentheses are in the wrong place. Should be like this:

echo ( hot("britney") ? "britney found" : "
" );

If you want to capture your echo and other output, use the ob_start and ob_flush methods.

But if you're making HTTP requests to that file it won't echo on the screen.

If that's what you meant, then that's your answer.

answered Sep 30, 2010 at 1:33

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adam Over a year ago

it;s working now, i'm trying to add a new line after each discovery

adam Over a year ago

i'm preety new to php i dont know to use ob_start and ob_flush yet

adam Over a year ago

i'm preety new to php i dont know to use ob_start and ob_flush yet

lucifurious Over a year ago

Really easy to do: ob_start(); echo 'stuff'; $_output = ob_get_flush(); After that, whatever would have gone to the screen will be in the $_output variable.

lucifurious Over a year ago

@adam Thanks bro. Come see me sometime. Got them hoes you like!

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