[RESOLVED] How to save dynamic code as static HTML???

[zzz]

I have a code that queries db and outputs it in formatted HTML (PHP) via a loop.

I need to extract this code from my current page, put it into a separate script and add a code that will take the output from my query and will save it in a separate file, TXT or any other format, so that i could use that external file as an include.

No, clearly I have the first part -- query my db and output formatted HTML. Now for the second part. I am at a loss at the moment. I was thinking that all I needed to do is write my PHP chunk of code into a function and then create a file like this, but for some reason it just does not work:

function $myHTMLoutput($val, $val2) {
   	// my php code here
	return $string;
}

$saveHTMLexternally = 'more stuff'.$myHTMLoutput($val, $val2);

$filename = '/external.txt';

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($filename)) {

if (!$handle = fopen($filename, 'w')) {
     echo "Cannot open file ($filename)";
     exit;
}

if (fwrite($handle, ($saveHTMLexternally)) === FALSE) {
    echo "Cannot write to file ($filename)";
    exit;
}

echo "Success, wrote to file ($filename)";

fclose($handle);

} else {
    echo "The file $filename is not writable";
}

All day and nothing to show forth...

[bradgrafelman]

You could instead use output buffering, so you simply use [man]ob_start/man, output the HTML as normal, use [man]ob_get_clean/man to store the output in a variable, and then write that content to a file.

[zzz]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Works great!