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PHP To Generate HTML File
// The following code snippets are examples of using a form to generate an html file.
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<!-- Form.html File -->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function ignoreSpaces(string)
{
var temp = "";
string = '' + string;
splitstring = string.split(" ");
for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
temp += splitstring[i];
return temp;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="subscribe" action="post.php" method="post">
First Name : <input type="text" name="fname" onBlur="this.value=ignoreSpaces(this.value);" /><br />
Last Name : <input type="text" name="lname" onBlur="this.value=ignoreSpaces(this.value);" /><br />
Text : <textarea name="htmlArea" rows=10 cols=50 wrap="off"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Post" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
// Post.php File
$fname = $_POST['fname'];
$lname = $_POST['lname'];
$text = $_POST['htmlArea'];
if(!$fname) // If email address is not entered show error message
{
echo "Please enter your first name.";
exit;
}
else
if(!$lname) // If email address is not entered show error message
{
echo "Please enter your last name.";
exit;
}
else
if(!$text) // If email address is not entered show error message
{
echo "Please enter text.";
exit;
}
else
{
$fullname = $fname . $lname;
$filename = $fullname . ".html"; // File which holds all data
$content = nl2br("$text");
$fp = fopen($filename, "w"); // Open the data file, file points at the end of file
$fw = fwrite( $fp, $content ); // Write the content on the file
fclose($fp);
/*
// Used to check if file already exists
if (file_exists($filename)) {
echo "The file $filename exists. ";
}
else
{
$content = nl2br("$text");
//$content = "$text\n"; // Content to write in the data file
$fp = fopen($filename, "w"); // Open the data file, file points at the end of file
$fw = fwrite( $fp, $content ); // Write the content on the file
fclose($fp);
}
*/
if(!$fw) echo "Couldn't write the entry.";
else echo "Successfully wrote to the file <a href=" . $fullname . ".html>" . $fullname . ".html</a>";
}
?>
