Create a new file after form submission

[ericthomson]

I am trying to create a very basic "forum"/comments section and I want to know how to have a page be automatically created once the form is submitted.

 

I have found the code:

 

<?php 
function wwwcopy($link,$file) 
{ 
   $fp = @fopen($link,"r"); 
   while(!feof($fp)) 
   { 
       $cont.= fread($fp,1024); 
   } 
   fclose($fp); 

   $fp2 = @fopen($file,"w"); 
   fwrite($fp2,$cont); 
   fclose($fp2); 
} 

//Example on using this function 
//wwwcopy("http://www.domain.com/list.php?member=sample", "sample.html"); 
//Another example 
//wwwcopy("http://www.domain.com/list.php?member=sample2", "sample2.html"); 

?>

 

I am using post for my forum (not even sure how get would handle the comments section). How can I use this (or tweak it)?

 

The variables I am passing are $User, $Email, $Title, $Comments, $Date. Would I still use it the same? ie: wwwcopy("http://www.domain.com/forum/new-post.php?User=$User&Email=$Email&Title=$Title&Comments=$Comments&Date=$Date", "X.php");? Also, the value for X is up in the air. I've considered using the auto increment id(index) number from the mySQL database this is saved in.

[trq]

You should look into storing your data in a database rather than creating an actual file for each post.

 

Every time someone posts a new topic here do you think a new file is created?

[ericthomson]

No, but I was under the impression that dynamic pages cannot be crawled? Is that true?

[trq]

No, it is not true.