Title:
<br />
<input type="text" name="title" size="53">
<br />
Text:
<br />
<textarea name="text" rows="20" cols="40"></textarea><br />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Save">
</form>
<?php

if (@$_POST['title']=="" || @$_POST['text']==""){
     echo "Enter text to save!";
}
else {
     //this is path to file
     $filename = './postit.html';
     //i used $title to strip HTML/PHP tags < >, and added <h2> HTML tag to decorate title
     $title = "<h2>".strip_tags($_POST['title'])."</h2>\n";
     //with this $_POST['text'] is stripped from html/php tags like title, but also preg_replace
     //is used to replace \n(every enter that u hit when writing tekst),
     //and instead of that added <p> tags which decorate your new paragraph
     $tekstmanage = preg_replace('/\n/','</p><p>', strip_tags($_POST['text']));
    
     //i should probably write a whole preg_replace function instead, which i will probably later,
     //but this $tekst variable is used to add finishing and closing tags
     //to our tekst manage. you can see how preg_replace adds first closing than starting tags
     //and with this we just simply add starting before closing and closing after starting tags :confused:;)
     $tekst = "<p>".$tekstmanage."</p>\n";
    
     //after our variables are defined, we combine them in unique variable which we'll write to file
     $content = $title.$tekst;
    
     //This below is basic write to file function that i found on php.net, and rearanged
     //i'll just explain it briefly
     //
     //this checks weather our filename is writeable (on unix systems like here on trap17)
     //you need to change permissions to the file that allows writing to world 646
     if (is_writeable($filename)){
    
         //if file cant be opened to add -> 'a' <- in the fopen construct
         //just echo sorry
         if(!$handle= fopen($filename,'a')){
             echo "Sorry, you can't write to file1";
         }
         //if file cant be written to, same
         if (fwrite($handle, $content) === FALSE){
             echo "Sorry, you can't write to file2";
             exit;
         }
     //if both of those terms are fine just echo the confirmation text
     echo "You wrote to file ".$filename."<br />";
     echo "<a href=\"postit.html\">View</a>";
    
     }
     //if file isn't writeable
     else {
     echo "Sorry, you can't write to file3";
     }
}

?>

$filename = './postit.html';