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Simple time reservation site . . . . Can PHP use flat files?

I want to create a trivial page where visitors can enter simple info (reserving a date and time slot for my service - dog walking ! )
Without an SQL interfaced DB, can I save user info and selections in another way, say on a flat file?
I dont need GB of space. Is there a simple site web host? with domain registration? I need a trivial PHP page that need only remember dates my users want my service.
Ideas?
I do have an always-on machine. Could I link that to a domain, with some php and simple db?
Trivial?

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James Hancock

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Where will $file reside?
In the site's file directory, with the PHP files?

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James Hancock

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So, i I get a google web-space, this file should be right there with index.php?

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James Hancock

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Would you go for the tab spaced simple .txt DB for a trivial site like this?
I havent used .csv yet and the .txt should be fine.

I know all about CS 200 whitespace DB's

Does the $data up there return the entire file specified?
How do I delimit the $data tokens?

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