Converting PHP to HTML on the fly?

Anon

Hello All,
I was wondering if anybody knew of any scripts that could convert a PHP page to HTML page on the fly.

Here is what my problem is:
I noticed that in Netscape my page didn't work, and I'm assuming that is because it was not able to view the PHP. So what I need is a script that will detect which browser is being used, then if it is NS, take the PHP page and convert it to HTML, then throw that page at the user.

Anybody know of anything like this?
I took a quick look around at some script pages but didn't see any.
Thanks!

Anon

PHP is processed server-side, meaning that it never actually interfaces with the user.

The problem you are experiencing is somewhere else in your code.

Anon

Hmm, I was thinking that too. So you think there's something wrong with my "html" code?
All I'm really using PHP for is to include header, footer, and navigation files.
I will have to run my code through an HTML verifier and make sure it is NS compatible.

Anon

You can use something like

$var = getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT");

and then sort thru var to see what browser they are using. But I doubt that is your problem, as rawr said.

The idea of using PHP scripts IS to convert pages on the fly, no matter the browser. That's why you write the scripts to begin with, to handle those details. The problem is in your code somewhere.

Anon

IE is more prepared to display broken HTML than Netscape is. If you're missing a </table> tag, Netscape will refuse to render the table. IE will guess and stick a </table> tag in where it thinks there should be one.

IE's approach is a bad one; what you end up with is something that "looks right" in one browser, but only by accident; a different browser or different version of IE might do something different and your page instantly turns to mush.