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Is there a PHP code that makes a form in to HTML file?

Asked by: fjebja

Hi,

Is it possible to make a PHP code that sends the information from a html form to a html file?
The reason I'm asking is because our company want to change the email signature. And put in text and logo.
We use Lotus Notes 7.0.3 and the only choice I got now is to make a HTML file.
But my challenge is the users "signature".
The code I have so fare is:

If PHP is the hard way Im up for some Lotus script.
Thank you for your suggestion.

Fjebja

<FORM action="signature.html" method="get">
    <P>
    <LABEL for="fornavn">Fornavn:</LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="Fornavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="etternavn">Etternavn: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="etternavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tittel">Jobb tittel: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tittel"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tel">Tlf: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tlf"><BR>
    <LABEL for="mobil">Mobil: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="mobil"><BR>
    <LABEL for="email">email: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="email"><BR>
    <BR>
    <INPUT type="submit" value="Send"> <INPUT type="reset">
    </P>
 </FORM>
 
PHP
****
<?
$content = $_POST['content'];
$file = &quot file.txt&quot ;
$Saved_File = fopen($file, 'w');
fwrite($Saved_File, $content);
fclose($Saved_File);
?>

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Asked On: 2009-07-03 at 14:07:55ID24543087
Tags: PHP code makes a form to a HTML file
Topics: PHP Scripting Language
,; Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
,; Lotus Domino Email Server
Participating Experts: 2
Points: 500
Comments: 14

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by: szewkamPosted on 2009-07-03 at 14:59:14ID: 24774621

you can't pass variables to html file. But without any problems you can generate html files from php script. Use file_put_contents (if you have PHP > 5) or combination of fopen, fwrite, fclose like you have in your script just change file.txt to file.html :)

by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-07-03 at 15:08:33ID: 24774683

Thanks,

but could the HTML file all ready have content?

Like with logo and text?

by: cxrPosted on 2009-07-03 at 15:20:49ID: 24774741

>> could the HTML file all ready have content?

No, you must write the entire file. But you can use a html file as a template, transposing the variables using placeholders. For example:

Template (template.tpl):

<div align="right"><img src="logo.gif" alt="Logo" /></div>
<div style="color:green;">{$Fornavn} {$etternavn}</div>
<div style="color:blue;">Tlf: {$tlf}</div>

...and in your PHP code:

$template=file_get_contents('template.tpl');
$html = str_replace(
  array('{$Fornavn}','{$etternavn}','{$tlf}'),
  array($Fornavn,$etternavn,$tlf),$template);
file_put_contents('signature.html',$html);

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by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-07-03 at 15:35:40ID: 24774787

That is great, I'm gonna try that!

by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-07-10 at 00:09:45ID: 24820907

Sorry, I cant figure this out.

I made the template file, put the PHP code into a PHP file.

What should I do with my html file?

HTML file
****
<html>
<head>
   <title>Signature</title>
</head>
 
<body>
 
<FORM action="signature.html" method="PUT">
    <P>
    <LABEL for="fornavn">Fornavn:</LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="Fornavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="etternavn">Etternavn: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="etternavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tittel">Jobb tittel: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tittel"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tel">Tlf: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tlf"><BR>
    <LABEL for="mobil">Mobil: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="mobil"><BR>
    <LABEL for="email">email: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="email"><BR>
    <BR>
    <INPUT type="submit" value="Send"> <INPUT type="reset">
    </P>
 </FORM>
 
</body>
</html>
****
 
PHP file
****
 
<?
$template=file_get_contents('template.tpl');
$html = str_replace(
  array('{$Fornavn}','{$etternavn}','{$tlf}'),
  array($Fornavn,$etternavn,$tlf),$template);
file_put_contents('signature.html',$html);
 
?>
****
 
Template file
****
<div style="color:green;">{$Fornavn} {$etternavn}</div>
<div style="color:blue;">Tlf: {$tlf}</div>
<div align="left"><img src="logo.jpg" alt="Logo" /><div style="color:green;">
****

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by: szewkamPosted on 2009-07-10 at 00:54:44ID: 24821118

the template file is your html before putting there right values.
So it should look like in snippet. And of course you have to change fields in template to what you need.
And after executing php script you get proper html file

//template.tpl
<html>
<head>
   <title>Signature</title>
</head>
 
<body>
<div style="color:green;">{$Fornavn} {$etternavn}</div>
<div style="color:blue;">Tlf: {$tlf}</div>
<div align="left"><img src="logo.jpg" alt="Logo" /><div style="color:green;">
 
<FORM action="signature.html" method="PUT">
    <P>
    <LABEL for="fornavn">Fornavn:</LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="Fornavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="etternavn">Etternavn: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="etternavn"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tittel">Jobb tittel: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tittel"><BR>
    <LABEL for="tel">Tlf: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="tlf"><BR>
    <LABEL for="mobil">Mobil: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="mobil"><BR>
    <LABEL for="email">email: </LABEL>
              <INPUT type="text" id="email"><BR>
    <BR>
    <INPUT type="submit" value="Send"> <INPUT type="reset">
    </P>
 </FORM>
 
</body>
</html>
 
//php file
<?
$template=file_get_contents('template.tpl');
$html = str_replace(
  array('{$Fornavn}','{$etternavn}','{$tlf}'),
  array($Fornavn,$etternavn,$tlf),$template);
file_put_contents('signature.html',$html);
 
?>

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by: cxrPosted on 2009-07-10 at 01:20:09ID: 24821252

The action attribute in the form must contain the name of the PHP file, and the method should be "post".

<FORM action="signature.php" method="post">

The <input> fields in the form must have names:

<LABEL for="fornavn">Fornavn:</LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="fornavn" name="fornavn" /><BR>
<LABEL for="etternavn">Etternavn: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="etternavn" name="etternavn" /><BR>
<LABEL for="tittel">Jobb tittel: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="tittel" name="tittel" /><BR>
<LABEL for="tel">Tlf: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="tlf" name="tlf" /><BR>
<LABEL for="mobil">Mobil: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="mobil" name="mobil" /><BR>
<LABEL for="email">email: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="email" name="email"><BR>

In the PHP file, you must fetch the variables from the form using the $_POST array.

<?php
 
$fornavn = $_POST['fornavn'];
$etternavn = $_POST['etternavn'];
$tittel = $_POST['tittel'];
$tlf = $_POST['tlf'];
$mobil = $_POST['mobil'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
 
$template=file_get_contents('template.tpl');
$html = str_replace(
  array('{$fornavn}','{$etternavn}','{$tittel}','{$tlf}','{$mobil}','{$email}'),
  array(  $fornavn,    $etternavn,    $tittel,    $tlf,    $mobil,    $email), $template);
file_put_contents('signature.html',$html);
 
?>

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by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-07-21 at 11:31:21ID: 24907782

Thank you for your suggetions!

Im almost there.

I have my htm, template and php files working. Puh !
but there is two things I can't get to work and that is to promt the user to save the file as Signature.html, the only thing he og she gonna do is to locate the folder we use.
Tryed FILE_APPEND but getting a nasty PHP Warning.
And the other thing is if a form is empty how can I make the line be blank in the signature.html?

thanks.

by: cxrPosted on 2009-07-23 at 05:02:31ID: 24924125

>> to promt the user to save the file as Signature.html

...not sure if I understand... the file is saved on the web server with the name "signature.html". If you want the user to control the name of the file, you must have a field for filename in the form:

<LABEL for="filename">Filnavn: </LABEL>
<INPUT type="text" id="filename" name="filename"><BR>

You could use the user name for filename:

$filename = str_replace(' ','_',"{$fornavn}_{$etternavn}.html");

>> if a form is empty how can I make the line be blank in the signature.html?

You mean if a form field is empty? You could have multiple templates, with/without tlf, with/without email and so on, an select the appropriate template based on the input. Or you could create the template dynamically, based on the input. The first is easier to maintain, the second is more dynamic, but requires php skills to modify.

by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-07-27 at 06:23:24ID: 24951223

This code is perfect : $filename = str_replace(' ','_',"{$fornavn}_{$etternavn}.html");
Thank you!

Im skipping the part with multiple template.

In my template I have a tiny logo.
When user save the HTML file the logo don't follow onto local disk.

Here is my PHP code so fare.

After the signature.html is saved, is it possible to promt to save the logo as well?
Tryed to get it to work, but cant solve it.

<?
$fornavn = $_POST['fornavn'];
$etternavn = $_POST['etternavn'];
$tittel = $_POST['tittel'];
$tlf = $_POST['tlf'];
$mobil = $_POST['mobil'];
$fax = $_POST['fax'];
 
$filename = str_replace(' ','_',"{$fornavn}_{$etternavn}.html");
 
$template=file_get_contents('template.tpl');
$html = str_replace(
  array('{$fornavn}','{$etternavn}','{$tittel}','{$tlf}','{$mobil}','{$fax}'),
  array(  $fornavn,    $etternavn,    $tittel,    $tlf,    $mobil,    $fax),   $template);
file_put_contents ("$filename",$html );
 
$file="$filename";
header ("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
header ("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=".basename($file).";");
header("Content-Length: ".filesize($file);
header("Connection: Close");
readfile($file);
exit;
 
?>

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by: cxrPosted on 2009-07-27 at 09:27:04ID: 24953228

You can not download two files in the same request, unless you use a zip file or similar. You could serve the logo as a separate download, with similar code as lines 17-22. Save this as "logo_download.php" and link to it from the form like this:

<a href="logo_download.php" target="_blank">Download logo</a>

<?php
$filename = 'logo.jpg';
header('Content-Type: image/jpeg');
header('Content-Length: '.filesize($filename));
header('Content-Disposition: attachment;filename="'.$filename.'"');
readfile($filename);
?>

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by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-08-04 at 06:58:25ID: 25013850

That's great, I've done the logo download separatly - Thanks.

I have to go with multiple templates after all, because there can't be empty form fields in the signature.
I've made the templates but I can't figure out the ' if (empty($name)) ' php code, and if there is two empty form fields - what to do then?
First name and Last name has to be in place, but the fax and mobile can be blank. (even both can be blank)
How do I make the php code to pick the right template?

I have one template when all the fields are field inn.
One without fax
One without mobile
One without fax and mobile.

I appreciate your answers, they help me understand php more!

by: cxrPosted on 2009-08-04 at 07:20:25ID: 25014081

You have four templates, so there will be four conditions in the if-elseif-else test:

if(empty($mobil) and empty($fax)) $template = 'template_without_mobile_and_fax.tpl';
elseif(empty($mobil)) $template = 'template_without_mobile.tpl';
elseif(empty($fax)) $template = 'template_without_fax.tpl';
else $template = 'template_all_fields.tpl';

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by: fjebjaPosted on 2009-08-04 at 14:45:50ID: 25018515

That is super! It works even thought I ended up with 8 templates.
I hade to put the file_get_contents code, se code snippet in

Thanks a million!

if(empty($fax)and empty($mobil)) $template = file_get_contents ('template_fax_mobil.tpl');

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