[Resolved] Including variables in fopen

jonki

Hi,

I have a code which works perfectly except for one thing. I need to open a php file and then save it as an html file.
I am using this so that I can save my clients bills but I have a big problem - I cant include the variables so that the bill is individual for each client.

Basically this works:

include("connect.php");


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

$contents = fread ($factura, filesize ($file));

echo $contents;

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

fclose($factura);

but isnt complete - and this doesnt

include("connect.php");


$file="concesionarios/factura.php?user=jon&pswd=123";
$factura = fopen("$file", "r") or die ("could not open file");  

$contents = fread ($factura, filesize ($file));

echo $contents;

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

fclose($factura);

How can I get around this?

(Except by using Adobe Elements)

Thanks

drew010

using variables in the query string (page.php?x=y&y=z) is a nice feature of the http protocol. when opening a file with fopen, it is looking for a local file. if you try to fopen "myfile.php?x=y" its actually looking for a file called myfile.php?x=y which wont exist.
if you want to do this you will actually have to make an http request to that page passing along those variables.

a simple way of doing it would be like this

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.yoursite.com/concesionarios/factura.php?user=jon&pswd=123");

//write $data to file

jonki

I could kiss you I really could!!!!!

You dont know how much time you have saved me. It works perfectly!!

Just for anyone following this thread - here is a working solution:

include("connect.php");

$data = file_get_contents("http://www.yoursite.com/concesionarios/factura.php?usuario2=jon&contrasena=123"); 

echo $data;

$writefact ="factura1.html";
$fp = fopen("$writefact", "w");
fputs($fp,"$data"); 
print("Hecho");  

fclose($factura);

Who needs Adobe when you have a forum like this one.

Thanks Drew!!

drew010

🙂 Glad you got it working, good luck with the rest.