Newbie: output to files?

[Anon]

I'm just starting with PHP/mySQL.

My data changes once a day (overnight), so I want speed thing up by not accessing the db everytime the page is viewed. Database calls would be one/day instead of one/pageview.

My idea is to CRON a db update, which outputs the data to "OUTPUT.INC", and then I could just use an include() in the public page.

My problem is how to create the "OUTPUT.INC" file. I have no idea what function to use?

Thanks for the help!

[reagent]

questions you need to answer before anyone can give you a solution:
what database are you using for this project?
do you have a cgi version of php available or is it an Apache Module?

p.

[Anon]

mySQL 3.23
PHP3
Apache server (module)

Thanks.