Help with php

[Anon]

Hi,

I am very new to php and mysql. I am trying to do the following thing.
1:a template directory with files html

2:many dirs 1200+ with index.html file made from the template. each index.html is made from template and is personalized with data from the mysql db.

3:a mysql db with first name, last name, etc.....

The problem: I modified the template from time to time so new users recieved the new index.html. the old index pages stayed the same.

What I want to do: I want to create a remake.php that will start from record#1 in the db and remake the index file in that users corisponding dir with the new template being personalized as they are now with data from the DB. so that when ever I edit the template, I will be able to re-make the index files of the users.

I know it is a simple scripting, however being new to php, I am totaly lost. can anyone help me? email me if you can, or know where to get the answer to this

Thanks Jim

[Anon]

What you want to do is make everyone's index page something like this:

<?php
include "template.inc";
?>

[Anon]

Then you have the template.inc file discover which directory it's running in, then look up the user name in the database and build the page accordingly.

OR you can make the index.html in every user's page a link to the template like so:

ln -s /usr/local/php/include/index.html index.html