Saving a html document from php

[jonki]

Hi all,

(not sure if this should perhaps be placed in the Newbie section)

I want to do something quite simply but my book is slightly lacking in file manipulation.

Currently my php produces a bill which my users can read but this is a dynamic php document and it works fine until a whole month goes by and they are a bit slow in paying. The next time they view the page it has two months quantity on instead of the one and I have got round it but I would prefer to have one bill per month.

Could I save the html file (without any php) that is output into a file which could rest on the server until called?

I have been trying to do this with a
@copy($file, $path.$newfilename); but on reading other entries in this form I am wondering whether an fput would be better ... and what is the difference?

Thanks

[jonki]

I have got this far and in theory this should hopefully do what I want it to do but I am getting an error.

It doesnt recognise the file "concesionarios/factura.php?contrasena=jon&usuario2=jon" - I am guessing because of the variables.

$factura = fopen("concesionarios/factura.php?contrasena=jon&usuario2=jon", "r") or die ("could not open file");  

$contents = fread ($factura);

$writefact ="factura1.html";
fputs($writefact,"$contents"); 
print("Hecho");  

fclose($factura);  

Any ideas?

[jansky]

$factura = fopen("concesionarios/factura.php?contrasena=jon&usuario2=jon", "r") or die ("could not open file");

your fopen factura.php?yourstring=blah wont work since fopen function wont work when there is string parameter passs.
the fopen will only access files (read/write) not a variable expression

[Kudose]

[man]fsockopen[/man]