[SOLVED] Convert Dynamic PHP page to Static HTML

[isedeasy]

Hi Everyone,

 

I have a page that pulls the content from a MySQL db, it works fine how it is but I want my site to be more efficient.

 

When I add new content (via a form in the admin area) I want the site to generate a static HTML copy of the PHP page. This way the page only needs to call the db when I update the site rather than everytime somebody loads the page.

 

I found a few scripts that claim to do this but none of them seem to parse the php before creating the HTML page.

 

Has anyone any pointers on how to go about this?

 

Cheers

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You would need to include the file using the URL to the .php page, then use ob_get_contents() to capture the resulting output - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-get-contents.php Then simply write the captured content to the file of your choice.

[isedeasy]

Thanks for the quick reply, I will take a look at that later and let everyone know how I get on.

 

I better pop into the HTML section to see if I can answer somebody's question, I can't just take without giving back

[twittoris]

I actually just did this.

Put this on top for where you want to start capturing output:

 

ob_start();

 

put this on the bottom of the php

 

$HtmlCode= ob_get_contents();

ob_end_flush();

 

$fh=fopen('NewPage.html','w');

fwrite($fh,$HtmlCode);

 

fclose($fh);

 

 

[isedeasy]

Cheers for the code twittoris, I want to make a function so that I can use it for multiple pages. I came up with the following which works but when I call it, it inserts the the code into the page I call it from as-well. Is there a way to stop this or a better way to achieve what I am after?

 

function wwwcopy($dynamic,$static) {

    ob_start();

    require $dynamic;

    $temp= ob_get_contents();
    
    ob_end_flush();

    $fh = fopen($static,"w");
    fwrite($fh,$temp);
    fclose($fh);
    
    }

[Garethp]

It inserts code into $dynamic? It shouldn't, can you show us a before and after example?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Use ob_end_clean(); (which clears the output buffer) instead of ob_end_flush(); (which flushes the output buffer to the browser.)

[isedeasy]

Use ob_end_clean(); (which clears the output buffer) instead of ob_end_flush(); (which flushes the output buffer to the browser.)

 

Thank you, that did the job.

 

Thanks for all the help guys