Re: how to generate static html pages from dynamic php pages

See this related link: Q "How can I pass variables to a script in the url like /script/var1/var2?" http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/124 Includes tutorials for doing it in PHP, mod_rewrite and/or mod_mime. Regards, Philip Olson On Wed, 8 May 2002, Nicole Lallande wrote: > Thanks John - interesting concept - since the pages are being generated > from a database they would always be current. Of course I should > probably have some 'last update' checking before it runs -- otherwise I > could see this impacting server performance? > > As to the second concept -- you can do this using apache rewrite rules > -- I remember seeing an article about it a year ago and unfortunately > lost the link to the article. <sigh> Anyone remember this article? > > Best regards, > > Nicole > > 1LT John W. Holmes wrote: > > >Use output buffering. You just start a buffer, run your script as normal, > >and at the end, copy the buffer to a variable and write it to a file. Then > >clear the buffer and move on to the next one. Good thing is that you really > >don't have to modify your code at all. > > > >www.php.net/ob_start > > > >One really neat thing I learned from a slide show on php.net... you can have > >your links be to static urls like > > > >www.domain.com/products/1234 > > > >Since there is no 1234/ directory to begin with, you'll get a 404 error. So > >modify your 404 page to look in your database and see if there is a product > >1234. If there is, generate the data for the page and actually write a > >static page to 1234/index.html and redirect the user back to it. This way, > >the next time someone looks at product 1234, they'll get the static page. > >And all you have to do to update the static page is delete it. It'll be > >automatically created the next time someone looks at it. You could even have > >a cron job that goes in and deletes any files that are over an > >hour/day/week/ old, etc, to keep things up to date and cleaned up. Also, > >these static links will be easily searched by search engines, whereas ones > >with query_strings will not (usually). > > > >I just though this was an awesome concept. I haven't had an application that > >required it yet, unfortunately... > > > >---John Holmes... > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Nicole Lallande" <nicole@nmlconsulting.com> > >To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > >Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 4:50 PM > >Subject: [PHP] how to generate static html pages from dynamic php pages > > > > > >>I have a site that is generated dynamically from a database. for the > >>sake of search engine indexing I would like to have the site replicated > >>in static html pages every time the database records a change. My idea > >>is to add this function to the administrative part of the site and save > >>the pages as html at that time. > >> > >>Can anyone point me in a direction to start? Any scripts/existing > >>functions? > >> > >>TIA, > >> > >>Nicole > >> > >>-- > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > > > -- > ######################## > Nicole Lallande > nicole@nmlconsulting.com > 760.753.6766 > ######################## > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >