saving database content to html files

Undrium

This is the deal.. I've coded together a site that publishes random links everyday. The major problem is that I need them to be written to the html file in some way, so they'll be the same once someone updates the site. Once there's a new day, the site will automatically publish random links, but the old ones will remain the same.

The problem I have is that the old ones keep being random. I've tried to find some sort of 'write' function on www.php.net and I've searched through this forum after the answear. Could anyone help me? What function do I need to use? :bemused:

Kristofer

maxpup979

so why not nave each day just write to the html file? sounds a bit cludgy, but it should work. YOu can find info in the manual on writing to files by searching for: filesystem

Undrium

The more I look at my question I realise it should be moved to the newbie forum.

What I wonder is if I can get a php script to write a random link to a html file so it'll be the same link the next time I update it?

Undrium

Thanks, maxpup979, by the way. 🙂

Jasp182

Undrium wrote:
The more I look at my question I realise it should be moved to the newbie forum.

What I wonder is if I can get a php script to write a random link to a html file so it'll be the same link the next time I update it?

Why not store your links in a database table. Instead of echoing your link to the html file, write it to the db, and then retrieve your links from the db to display in the html.

Undrium

I am storing them in a database table. I use a php script to get out random links from the table. They then get echoed on a html file, but I want them to stay there. For instance.. the 1th april do I want some random links to be loaded up automatically, but next time I update, there'll be other links on the 1th april.

I'm sorry if I'm bad at explaining, it's kinda hard to. Everything is already set up but the scrip that writes the random links to the html files instead of echoing random links each time I update. :eek:

Jasp182

Make a new table with the date and the link you displayed. One table has the links to be chosen at random, and the other table has the date and the link that was chosen on that date.

maxpup979

Great advice Jasp--Should have thought of that myself..🙂

padanaram

May I suggest outputing the information with x template. Go to sourceforge.net. they have an xtemplate script taht works.

Greg