store data into a text file using php?

Question

i am trying to store data in a text file, something like an array into a text file using php instead of storing into mysql database.

for example here are the data to

Answer 1

You may use

• fopen and fwrite to write your data into a file. See also http://www.tizag.com/phpT/filewrite.php
• the file_get_contents function to read from files. See more: http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

In case you want to convert the array to an XML you might want to read this post: How to convert array to SimpleXML