How to log to unique files?

[may1hem]

Hi, I've created a form on a Web page which allows a user to make comments and state any problems/issues.

At the moment, the forms logs the user issues to one long text file. I'd like it to log the issues to separate text files.

Any ideas how I can log each problem to separate text files and ensure that I don't overwrite any of the existing text files?

Here is the code so far, which logs to only 1 file so far. By the way, my Web space uses only PHP3.

ProcessForm.PHP:
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<?php

$myFileHandle = fopen('ZaznamyOProblemoch.txt','a') or die(&quot;can't open file&quot;

if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,date(&quot;D j M Y g:i a&quot.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtCompany.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtAddress.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtPhoneNumber.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtEmail.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtComments.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtProblem.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtProblemFound.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtReason.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtDateOfProblem.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,$txtProblemCaused.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }
if (-1 == fwrite($myFileHandle,&quot;-----&quot;.chr(10))) { die(&quot;can't write data&quot; }

fclose($myFileHandle) or die(&quot;can't close file&quot;

?>
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Thanks for your suggestions,

May

 

[csniffer]

the only Problem I can see here is if there is a 1,000 or even 10,000 forms filled in then your data is going to get seriously disorganized, therefore I think that you should seriously consider putting all this information into a DBMS (database management system) such as MySQL, this will allow your website to grow yet the information will still be organised, if you insist on following your current path then a simple way would be to use a separate text file to hold a number and then each time a new form is made just get the number and increment it by one then call the file 'ZaznamyOProblemoch + number + .txt' after this is done overwrite the file with the new number.

To err is human, to completely mess up takes a computer.

 

[may1hem]

Thanks for your advice csniffer.

May