postback, RE: Adding pages Tutorial

[davye]

I created a new page per this https://wiki.phpbb.com/Tutorial.Adding_pages
The page has a simple <form action back to the page, a textarea and buttons to Save or Cancel editing of textarea.

Questions:

how do I detect that it is a post back?
how do I detect it is a get with query string after the URL?
where do I insert java script in the Head for this page only?
Since per the instructions the template is at /phpBB3/language/<lang>/mods/my_language_file.php is what is best way to code the action URL?
How do I grab the contents of the textarea so I can write to file?

thanks

[</Solidjeuh>]

Using this ext to add pages would be much easier: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/extension/pages/

[davye]

I currently use pages.
But:
It does not support PHP so to read a text file and write a text file.
Java script does not support r/w files.
thanks for sharing
davye

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

you have to turn on php in templates in the admin panel security settings. not sure if that will work in the pages create with the pages ext but it might.


robert

[davye]

it almost works with the pages ext
it does get confused if there is > character in a php string variable.
and I don't believe it executes because it does not echo to the page.
the setting says "Allow php in templates:" well pages ext is really not a template or maybe it is I don't know.
thanks for sharing

[3Di]

No templates, pages are stored in the DB afaik. Not really sure.

There are though FAQs to read there in the contribution topic at the CDB.

Moreover, here things are becoming confusing, either you use and ask help for the tutorial or for the extension.
Both can't be.