Quoting Post Topic PHP help Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]jkjslkjind[/m] at 11:36 pm on Dec. 30, 2008[quote]$handle = fopen('filename.txt','r'); $thisisthelist = fread($handle,9000); fclose($handle); $badip = explode($thisisthelist,"\n"); [/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post yoshiness Posted at 11:34 pm on Dec. 30, 2008 How exactly do you get PHP to read from a certain file? I'm trying to create a "banned" list, and if their IP appears in the list, they won't be allowed. I'm basically setting up futallaby because I fail at setting up serissa and Wakaba on a free server.^^; Code: $badip = array("addr1\\.dummy\\.com","addr2\\.dummy\\.com"); //Refused hosts (IP bans) That's the function that appears in the imgboard.php file What do I need to change it to get it to read from a .txt or database file or whatever. Please go into detail about the database, as I'd like that a little better, but the .txt file is also good.

Replies BoXLunch Posted at 4:14 pm on Mar. 28, 2009 Quote: from jkjslkjind at 11:36 pm on Dec. 30, 2008 $handle = fopen('filename.txt','r');   $thisisthelist = fread($handle,9000);   fclose($handle);   $badip = explode($thisisthelist,"\n");   I would like to expand on this. Code: $handle = fopen('filename.txt','r'); $thisisthelist = fread($handle,9000); fclose($handle); $badip = explode($thisisthelist,"\n"); Could probably go as $handle = fopen('filename.txt','r'); $thisisthelist = fread($handle, filesize('filename.txt')); fclose($handle); $badip = explode($thisisthelist,"\n"); $banned = false; while (list ($key, $val) = each ($badip)) { if($val == $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) { $banned = true; } } if($banned) { #do bad stuff } This actualy cycles trough the list, checks to see if the ip is there. jkjslkjind Posted at 11:36 pm on Dec. 30, 2008 $handle = fopen('filename.txt','r'); $thisisthelist = fread($handle,9000); fclose($handle); $badip = explode($thisisthelist,"\n"); revived5656 Posted at 11:35 pm on Dec. 30, 2008 google it All 3 previous replies displayed.