Converting PHP output to a new HTML page

[kit]

I just discovered this website when looking for the solution to my problem, and it seems like a really good place for begginers to get advice. I hope you can help me!

I would like for my php page to create a new page identical to itself, except that I'd like for this new page it creates to be an HTML page instead of a PHP page. Therefore, it would need to take the output from the php page and insert it into a new html page.

Using fopen and fwrite, I'm able to create a new page using the current page, but it doesn't work properly beause it copies the php code rather than the output into the new html file.

Does anyone know of a way that I can accomplish this? I hope my question wasn't too broad, and that it made sense. I'm very new to php (or any programming).

Thanks!
- Kit

[sarahk]

if you use fwrite every time you would normally use echo or print then the new file will just have html. You don't have the advantage of being able to escape from php etc but it can be done this way.

maybe post some code so we can see why you get php and not html.

[zcketcher]

Why not store the output in a variable....open new file..write variable contents to file...close file. Done. New file with output only.