Help with writing to a html file

rameez · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-06, 03:55 AM

Hi,
I have written a script view.php which takes input from a html form (another file) and then displays it after formatting a processing it. Now I want to save that formatted form exactly as it appears on the browser to a html file in such a way that each time a user fills the form it saves it to a unique html file with users name as the file name.
Can someone please guide me to the easiest way of writing the output of view.php to a html file each time it is used. I know basic file handling but don't know where to start for this particular case

Thanks,
Rameez.

Nico · #2 (**permalink**) 07-20-06, 06:32 PM

Could you may post the code you've got so far?

rameez · #3 (**permalink**) 07-21-06, 12:26 AM

Code:

<html>
<head>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="intern.css">
  <title>Internship Completion Report</title>


</head>

<body>

<?php

print "<h3>Name</h3>";
print $_POST['intern_name'];

print "<h3>Contact Number</h3>";
print $_POST['number'];

print "<h3>Sex</h3>";
print $_POST['sex'];

print "<h3>Institution currently attending</h3>";
print $_POST['institution_name'];

print "<h3>Class/Year</h3>";
print $_POST['class'];

print "<h3>Internship Module</h3>";
print $_POST['module'];

print "<h3>Areas of interest</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 14; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["interests"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["interests"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>What Expectations did you have from this internship when you joined?</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 7; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["expectations"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["expectations"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>Which of the following objectives did you achieve?</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 3; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["achievements"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["achievements"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>Which skills did you develop during the internship</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 5; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["skills"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["skills"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>Which of the Community Service Projects did you enjoy?</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 2; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["enjoyed"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["enjoyed"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>Did the internship give you an insight of the hardships faced by the underprivileged?</h3>";
print $_POST['got_insight'];

print "<h3>Do you often feel the urge to help the underprivileged?</h3>";
print $_POST['helping_urge'];

print "<h3>What things do you have in mind to help the underprivileged once you have completed this internship?</h3>";
print $_POST['things_in_mind'];

print "<h3>Did you feel happy raising funds for the underprivileged?</h3>";
print $_POST['happy_feel'];

print "<h3>If you were to join a medical college, would you be happy to join Fatima Memorial Medical College</h3>";
print $_POST['join_college'];

if ( $_POST['join_college'] == "Yes" || $_POST['join_college'] == "No") {
	print "<h3>Why</h3>";
	print $_POST['why_fms'];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}

print "<h3>Which areas of the following internship programme you did not enjoy working in</h3>";
for ( $counter = 0; $counter <= 9; $counter += 1 ){
	if ( $_POST["not_enjoy"][$counter] != "" ) {
	print $_POST["not_enjoy"][$counter];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}
}

print "<h3>According to your perception, overall the internship programme was</h3>";
print $_POST['perception'];

print "<h3>Yearly at the end of Internship programme, we arrange a function. Would you like to participate? Please specify your talent</h3>";
print $_POST['talent'];

print "<h3>You had a rotation according to the work plan handed over to you. Which department did you like working in, and why?</h3>";
print $_POST['fav_dept'];

print "<h3>You had a rotation according to the work plan handed over to you. Which department you DID NOT like working in, and why?</h3>";
print $_POST['dislike_dept'];

print "<h3>Were you happy with your supervisors in the departments?</h3>";
print $_POST['supervisor'];

if ( $_POST['supervisor'] == "No" ) {
	print "<h3>If No, then please explain</h3>";
	print $_POST['supervisor_view'];
	print "<br>";
	} else {
	}

print "<h3>Please Comment on how we at Fatima Memorial can make this Internship Programme better. Your comments will be highly appreciated</h3>";
print $_POST['comment'];

?>

</body>
</html>

mab · #4 (**permalink**) 07-21-06, 12:43 AM

For the basic way of capturing this to save it in a file, use output buffering -

PHP Code:


			
<?php

ob_start();



// output your existing html/ php echo output here



$capture = ob_get_contents(); // get the output buffer into a variable

ob_end_clean(); // empty the buffer



// complete your code to write the contents of the $capture variable to a file with the proper file name...

?>

rameez · #5 (**permalink**) 07-21-06, 01:35 AM

Thanks, another question is that I want people to view the results before it saves it to a file so the above files actually just shows them what they entered. If I use a submit button at the end of the above file which point to another file e.g save.php all the variables show up empty.
How can I use the above function in my script should I just just add it in the start for the above mentioned code if yes how do I call this function on the same file after viewing it such a way that variable are not emptied.

Thanks.

mab · #6 (**permalink**) 07-21-06, 01:53 AM

You can echo the $capture variable to cause the page to be displayed. You can add the code for a submit form after the echo. If they click on the submit button, that code/page would do the logic to save the contents of the $capture variable to the file. To pass the $capture variable to the "save" page, either save it into a session variable or pass it as a hidden variable in the submit form.