prcollin Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Ok what would be the easiest way to have a form, have the values entered into the form placed into variables throught the website design code and then have the final code submitted to a directory as an .html or .php file. basically i just want a website that people enter some values in a form and it automatically places them int heir spots. I have a form input for "Page Title" so I have <input type="text" name="title"> Then there is the page design part that says like <title> and I want it to be able to read the input and auto populate that design Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 If I am understanding you correctly you want the user to be able to enter the information that will be used as part of the "template" for all the pages on the site. I see two choices: 1. Save the data to a database and create the pages on-the-fly. This allows easy updating of those values at a later time. 2. Use the input to create a flat file PHP script that all the otehr pages use. If the pages rarely change this might be an easier solution, especially if you don't have a database or do not want to learn how to use one. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-545855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronister Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I agree with mjdamato in regards to the 2 options. I personally think that the database option would be the best solution. Although I will say that I have not messed with flat-file db's as they seem fairly challenging to manage. Nate Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-545859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare87 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I currently use the db option and it works great! Don't know much about flat-file Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-545862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 FYI: For the "flat-file" implementation I was not suggesting to use a flat file as a database (although that is another valid option). I meant to use a template and then populate the user values as appropriate and then write the result as an HTML or PHP file. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-546123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
prcollin Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 FYI: For the "flat-file" implementation I was not suggesting to use a flat file as a database (although that is another valid option). I meant to use a template and then populate the user values as appropriate and then write the result as an HTML or PHP file. No i just want someone to fill out a form and it submit to a directory as an hmtl or php file. thats all Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-546153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 FYI: For the "flat-file" implementation I was not suggesting to use a flat file as a database (although that is another valid option). I meant to use a template and then populate the user values as appropriate and then write the result as an HTML or PHP file. No i just want someone to fill out a form and it submit to a directory as an hmtl or php file. thats all Isn't that what I just said? Use the input from the user with a template to create an HTML or PHP file? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-546162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redarrow Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 what do you mean mate are you asking how to create a .html file with the current user settings...... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-546234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
prcollin Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 what do you mean mate are you asking how to create a .html file with the current user settings...... all i want is for someone to fill out a form and the informatino from the form is posted as an html file in a folder on my server thanks ahead of time Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/106494-need-an-opinion/#findComment-546240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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