How to create a monthly archive (no MySQL och any databases)?

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

I would like some tips on how to create a monthly archive for my weblog.

I am not using MySQL or any databases. Everything is saved on file.

any tips or tutorials?

Thanks

Zurev · December 4, 2010

If everything is saved on file as in, all blog posts are kept in html files? A little more information would be helpful, or perhaps a link.

If you mean just backing up, then it's as simple as saving all html files into a folder each month and done. However if you're looking to archive as in, letting users have access to all of your blog posts at all times, then instead of removing a post to add a new one (assuming), just rename your old index to index2 and link to it.

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

I am saving my posts on file and I want to create the monthly archive for my posts. This is what I've done so far.

index.php (where I want my archive to be)

<?php
session_start();

if(isset($_POST['LoutBtn']))
{
session_unset($_SESSION);
session_destroy();
}

if(isset($_POST['LoginBtn']))
{


//convert a string to all lower case letters.
//if user gives username with big letters still can login.
$user = strtolower($_POST['username']);
$pass = $_POST['password'];

if($user == 'admin' && $pass == '123')
{
$_SESSION['LogedIn'] = true;
}

elseif (empty($user) || empty($pass))
         
      
      {
	  print('<font color="#FF0000">Please fill in username and password!<br/></font>');
    
      
      }
	  
elseif ($_POST['username'] != 'admin'){
      
     
      print('<font color="#FF0000">wrong username<br/></font>');
    
      
      }
      
      elseif ($_POST['password'] != '123'){
      
   
      print('<font color="#FF0000">wrong password<br/></font>');

}
}
if (isset($_SESSION['LogedIn']))
if ($_SESSION['LogedIn'] == true)
{
echo 'Welcome You are Loged in.';
?>
    <table width="50"  align="right"  cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">

<form method="POST" action="panel.php">
<tr>

<td><input type="submit" value="add post" name="PnlBtn" /></td>
</tr>
</form>

<form method="POST" action="stat.php">
<tr>

<td><input type="submit" name="showstat" value="visitorlog" /></td>
</tr>
</form>

</table>  
<?php	

}

?>


<?PHP
/* define the blog content file name */
$filename = "myBlogContent.txt";
?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>

<form method="post" action="index.php" >

<table width="300" border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
<tr>
<td width="150">UserName:</td>
<td> <input type="text" name="username" size="20" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150">Password</td>
<td><input type="password" name="password" size="20" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Login" name="LoginBtn" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Logout" name="LoutBtn" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>




<!-- CONTENT DIV -->
<div style="position:absolute; left: 100px; top: 100px; width: 400px;">

<?PHP

/* check to see if the file exists */
if (!file_exists($filename)) {

echo "The Blog Is Empty";

}else{	

/* get the file lines into an array */

$BlogArray = file($filename);


/* count the number of blog entries */	

$count = count($BlogArray);
$i= $count -1;

while($i>=0) {	

$new_array = explode("|", $BlogArray[$i]);

echo "Posted by: " . $new_array[1] . "<br>";

echo "Posted on: " .  date("l m/d/y h:i:s", $new_array[0]) . "<br>";

echo "Title: " . $new_array[2] . "<br>";


echo $new_array[3] . "<hr>";


$i --;

}
}
?>




</div>


</body>
</html>

panel.php

<?php
session_start();
if   ($_SESSION['LogedIn'] == false)
{
$redirect = "Location: " . $_REQUEST['LoginBtn'] . "index.php";
echo header($redirect);

}

elseif ($_SESSION['LogedIn'] == true)
{
echo "welcome";
}

?>





<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>



<form  action="content.php" method="post">
<table>


<tr><td>Blog entry posted by (Your name): </td><td><input type="text" name="who" size="20" maxlength="20" value=""></td></tr>

<tr><td>Title of this blog entry: </td><td><input type="text" name="title" size="40" maxlength="80" value=""></td></tr>


<tr><td>Content: </td><td><textarea name="content" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea></td></tr>


<tr><td clospan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>



</table>


</form>




</body>
</html>
<?php
$page_parts = explode("/", $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);

$page_filename = $page_parts[count($page_parts)-1];



$lastpage = $_SESSION['index.php'];

if ( strlen ($lastpage) == 0 ) $lastpage = "index.php";



$_SESSION['index.php'] = $page_filename;

?>
<form  action="<?php echo $lastpage ?>" method="post">
<table>
<tr><td clospan="2"><input type="submit" value="Tillbaka" name="back" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

content.php

<?PHP
/* obtain the form data */
$who = $_POST['who'];
$title = $_POST['title'];
$content = $_POST['content'];
$content = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n"), "<br>", $content); 

/* create timestamp variable for current date and time */
$when_ts = time(); 

/* define the blog content file name */
$filename = "myBlogContent.txt";

/* prepare the variables for adding to the file */

$new_line_content = $when_ts . "|" . $who . "|" . $title . "|" . $content . "\n";

/* open the file in the APPEND MODE */
$fh = fopen($filename, 'a+') or die("can't open file");

/* add the new content */
fwrite($fh, $new_line_content); 

/* close the file */
fclose($fh); 

header("Location: panel.php");
//exit; // Closes further script execution . 
?>

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

anyone? :shrug:

litebearer · December 4, 2010

on the first day of each month:

open your blog file

loop thru the array

check if the month of the date posted is NOT the current month

IF it is NOT then add that element to new array 1

IF it IS then add that element to new array 2

when all are looped close the blog file

save new array 2 as the blog file

save new array 1 as the archive file

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

thank you so much. I'll try it. Hopefully I'll fix it

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

it would help me a lot if I could see an example. ? :confused:

Zurev · December 4, 2010

I guarantee this code doesn't work, completely untested, however this is pretty much doing everything for you besides actually coding the whole thing for you, litebearer gave you a pretty good idea with pseudocodeish, and I followed it:

<?php

// Open blog file
$fh = fopen("blogfile.txt", "a+");

// Seperates the blog file into each individual line...
$eachLine = explode("\n", $fh);

// Declaring these arrays here isn't necessary
// just doing for clarification
$blogArray = array();
$archiveArray = array();

// What our current month is (in 1-12 format)
$currentMonth = date("n", time());

// Loop through each line of the blog contents
foreach ($eachLine as $indLine)
{
	// Find the pieces of each line
	$lineParts = explode("|", $indLine);
	$when = $indLine[0];
	$who = $indLine[1];
	$title = $indLine[2];
	$content = $indLine[3];

	// If the current post is in the current month
	// add to the blog array, not archive array
	if (date("n", $when)==$currentMonth)
		{
			$blogArray[] = $indLine;
		} else {
			$archiveArray[] = $indLine;
		}
}

// Close out the file, etc...
fclose($fh);

?>

newbe123 · December 4, 2010

Thank you so much for your help.

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