Submit form to update .php file

Hello!

I am a newbie with web programming, so please bear with me!

I was very pleased with myself for being able to learn how to use the php 'include' command to easily update news updates within a single cell/panel that exists on multiple pages within a site. I used the code:

<?php include("news.php"); ?>

And so news.php contains text and styles from an external styling sheet, such as:

<p><span class="jan">23</span><span class="lefttitles"> Lorem
ipsum dolor</span></p>
<p class="lefttext">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetu er adipiscing
elit, sed diam nonummy n ibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore&nbsp; magna
aliquam erat volutpat. Utll wisi e nim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud
exe rci tation.</p>

Right now, the way it is set up, the person adding news to the news.php file would have to go through a series of steps in order to update each time.

Instead, he is requesting a sort of admin page with a form that is password protected that he may enter information and simply click 'submit' and be done. Does anyone have any idea how I can do this and also make sure that the class/styling info is included in the data submitted? And the reason I did not try using Drupal or Joomla is because the site has already been created using Dreamweaver.

Additionally, when content overflows, I have it set up to have a scroll bar. However, he wants the updated news to push the old news downward, until it is full, and then have a "SHOW MORE NEWS" button appear at the bottom. Any ideas on how to do this? I suppose this may be more appropriate for the website design forum.

Any help is MUCH appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

If you want to update News.php like you would a CMS, then you should consider building a front end interface that allows someone to write articles that are saved to the database. News.php would then be altered to do a Select query to pull the articles and display them dynamically.

Now, given that you're just getting familiar with include, this probably sounds daunting. I recommend you Google PHP/MySQL tutorials (and there will be MANY) and start there. Whether you choose to implement this now or not, this is a common schema that you should take the time to learn up front.

UPSGuy, thanks very much for the tip!

We've also got some PHP tutorials here on OZZU PHP tutorials section.