Thread: Need help with simple HTML form post to file

hello people-who-are-smarter-than-me.

wanted way people visiting server (with simple html web page) leave me simple 1 line text messages. hoping use html form command...

code:

<p><form name="input" action="input_action_here" method="post">  message: <input type="text" name="user" />  <input type="submit" value="submit" />  </form>

...and have entered text written file called messages.txt similar how linux redirect command works

code:

echo "hello world" >> messages.txt

sorry electrical engineer forgive me if html 101. how can this?
-ar

do have php installed on web server? covers more complicated problem, should help:
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/to...xtarea-editor/

ps: im ee person

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