rename the text files in numbers, eg. 1,2,3....

what i want to do is when the visitor fills out the form and press submit, i want to store the information as a text file, and call it "text1.txt", when the second visitor comes and submit another form, I want the second form to call "text2.txt", and so on.... continues to name it in accending numbers,

PHP:

<?php
$dataf = "1.txt";
$file = fopen("$dataf","w");
$write = fwrite($file,"not important text");
fclose($file);
?>

What code do I insert in if i want to rename the $dataf text file in numbers, eg. 1,2,3... in sequence, each time creating a new file with a interger above the last one?

 

can anyone help me with this please? I am having a hard time figuring it out, if you have any confusion with my wordings, just reply to this.
Thanks

 

absolutely no one can help me out with this?

 

sorry for posting it twice, but because I couldnt find my first post so I reposted my question again, but could anyone help me with this?

 

here is what I already got to so far, but there seems to be an error with this, can anyone have a look at this:

PHP:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit']))
{
?><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" bordercolor="#000000" bgcolor="#333333">
  <tr>
    <td width="432" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><?php
//here is what i wish you to have a look at*************
while (file_exists($filea)) {
    $category = $_POST['category'];
    $filea = "$category/topic.txt";
    $counter_var = 0;
    $counter_var ++;
    $filea = $category."/topic".$counter_var.".txt";

} else {

$topic = $_POST['topic'];
$category = $_POST['category'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$datetime = date("m/d/y h:i a");

$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$bData = @file("log_files/$username.txt"); // collect all data into an array
foreach($bData as $v){list($name,$email,$gender,$birthm,$birthd,$birthy,$location,$modfiytime) = explode("#",$v);}

//word censors
include("censor.txt");
$topic = stripslashes($topic);
$message = stripslashes($message);
$message = ereg_replace("\n", "<BR>\n", $message);

if ($message != "" && $category !="" && $topic !="") {$file = fopen($filea,"a");
$write = fwrite($file,"$topic#$datetime#$name#$message");fclose($file);}
else
{echo"Required field(s) left blank!<br>";}

if($write == TRUE)
{echo"Message successfully pasted!";}
else
{echo"Sorry but there was an error posting your message!";}
?></td>
  </tr>
</table><? }} ?>
<br>
<table bgcolor="#FAEBD7">
<tr bgcolor="#E0FFFF" align=center width="100%"><td></td><td align=left bgcolor="#FAEBD7"><font size=5><b>Post New Thread:</b></font></td></tr>
<form name="newtopic" action="" method="post">
<tr bgcolor="#E0FFFF" align=center width="100%"><td valign=top align=left><b>Topic:</b></td><td align=left bgcolor="#FAEBD7"><input name="topic" type="text" id="topic" style="font-family: Arial"></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#E0FFFF" align=center width="100%"><td valign=top align=left><b>Category:</b></td><td align=left bgcolor="#FAEBD7"><select name="catagory" size="1">
<option value="homework">Homework</option><option value="arts">Arts/Musical</option><option value="sports">Sports</option><option value="technologies">Technologies</option><option value="social">Socializing</option><option value="news">Current Events</option><option value="others">Others</option><option value="about">Web Help</option></select></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#E0FFFF" align=center width="100%"><td valign=top align=left><b>Post Content:</b></td><td align=left bgcolor="#FAEBD7">
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="6" cols="57" style="font-family: Arial"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#E0FFFF" align=center width="100%"><td></td><td align=left bgcolor="#FAEBD7"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"><input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset"></td></tr>
</form>
</table>

Thankyou for your time!

 

can anyone give me a hand here...?

 

nobody can help me???

 

Keep a counter a counter file which will keep the track of the last number, using which you can create files in sequence.

 

can you teach me how to do the ++ thing with the txt file then? I just want a very brief tutorial on the counter thing, thank you so much for replying!

 

PHP:

<?
$counterFile = "counter.txt";

$count = @file($counterFile);
$count = trim(implode("",$count));
$count++

$h = fopen($counterFile,'w');
fwrite($h,$count);
fclose($h);

$h = fopen("file$count.txt",'w');
// put in your data
fclose($h);

?>


 

thankyou!

 

but what does this symbol: @file mean?

 

file() is a function, and the @ sign will prevent PHP from generating any warnins/errors!

 

I see, thanks for being so helpful btw!