Generating Static HTML pages from PHP

Anon

Hey all,
I want to generate static html pages from dynamic php content, so that i can save on server traffic. I have created a content management system and i need code so that it will update the static html page everytime something new is added to the site(like a new news story).
Any help or links would be greatly appreciated!

Anon

whi don't you use a cache system, or better a template+cache system? Start here: http://www.phpinsider.com/php/code/Smarty/

Anon

Well, it's simple enough. You have a database containing all the changeable information, and when you change the information you have PHP write out a new version of the entire HTML page (overwriting the previous version).

You could use some template facility to expedite the process (there are plenty of articles (such as "Template framework for static sites") and bits of code elsewhere on this site), or you could just do what amounts to:

fwrite($htmlfile, "< html >
<head><title>News</title>
<body>
<table width="95%" border="2">
<? get news items from database, print them out
?>
</table></body>");