[SOLVED] Store the output of a PHP script instead of printing it?

[papaface]

Hello,

Is it possible to have a php file process, BUT instead of sending it to the browser, make it create a new file with the output of the first script as its source code?

[trq]

<?php

  ob_start();
  include 'filetoexecute.php'; // note: you can also simply put your code to be executed in here.
  file_put_contents('output.txt',ob_get_contents());
  ob_end_clean();

?>

[papaface]

Thanks

[papaface]

hmm this doesnt work with PHP4 so I did:

			ob_start();
		include('templates/header.tpl');
		include ('templates/generators/index_main.tpl'); // note: you can also simply put your code to be executed in here.
		include('templates/footer.tpl');

		$File = 'templates/cached/index.html';
		$fh = fopen($File, 'w+') or die("can't open file");
		fwrite($fh, ob_get_contents());
		fclose($fh);
		ob_end_clean();

But it is producing empty files. But when I do it with the file_put_contents() method it works.

Why?

[trq]

I don't see an issue here. What does....

 

<?php

ob_start();
include('templates/header.tpl');
include ('templates/generators/index_main.tpl'); // note: you can also simply put your code to be executed in here.
include('templates/footer.tpl');

//$File = 'templates/cached/index.html';
//$fh = fopen($File, 'w+') or die("can't open file");
//fwrite($fh, ob_get_contents());
//fclose($fh);
echo ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

?>

 

produce?

[papaface]

Nothing is displayed.

In the code I had before it displays the page I am trying to write to a new file.

P.S The server is a Plesk server if that matters.

[papaface]

Ah its working now, it was a simple folder permissions problem lol.

Thanks anyway