generating files out of code

hi, where exactly do you get these html/php code?

do you get them from other files, etc?

I'm auto-generating websites. They get a folder on the server. They fill out the forms and it needs to upload each php page to their folder. If they only fill out 5 pages, their folder would end up with 5 files, a 5-page website. I'm storing the information, like title, background color, text color, etc. in a MySQL database. Each page can be made from a html page with php inserting the title, background, etc. but I don't know how to dynamically place the files onto the server. All of it should be done without me (automatically)

My script won't make a directory:
I've cmoded users to 777:

<?php
include('includeme.php');

$_SESSION['username']="weikelbob@aol.com";
## so maybe you load a template:
$s = file_get_contents('page1.html');
## file_get_contents requires PHP >= 4.3

## then replace a few things using the form data:
$s = str_replace("%1title1%", $_SESSION['title'], $s);

  $query ="SELECT id FROM customer1 WHERE email= '" . $_SESSION['username'] . "'";
  $result = mysql_query ($query);
  $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

## create the directory for the user
$dir = '/users/' . $row['id'];
mkdir($dir,0707);

## now create filename for user's home page
$filename = $dir.'/index.html';

## dump contents of $s to the file
ignore_user_abort(true);          ## prevent refresh/stop from screwing up file operations
$fh = @fopen($filename, 'w');
if ($fh)
{
     fwrite($fh, $s);
     fclose($fh);
} else
{
     ## handle file error here
}
ignore_user_abort(false);

## let 'em know where to go
$url = 'http://www.editable-over-time/users/' . $row['id'];
echo 'Your new home page is at <a href="'.$url.'">'.$url.'</a>';

?>

can you do a test of just mkdir? something like:

<?php

mkdir('/full/path/to/users/test',0777);

?>

It doesn't work. My domain is editable-over-time.com. I have a directory named users. I ran the following and nothing happened:

<?php

mkdir('/users/test',0777);

?>

I'm wondering about the directory you're trying, "/users/test". Most webservers only serve files out of some subdirectory and it would be unusual to serve web pages from a "users" directory off the root directory. I would expect the directory to be more like "/usr/www/users/test". Are you on a shared webserver? If so, then I'm almost sure that directory path is incomplete. Here's how you can find out...

Make a file called phpinfo.php with just this:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Put it in your "users" directory and call it up in a web browser. You should see all your PHP configuration info. Scroll down to see the value for SCRIPT_FILENAME. You should be using a path similar to what you see there, except that the "phpinfo.php" at the end will be replaced by "test" or a user name. Let me know how that works out.

FYI...you left out the ".com" from
$url = 'http://www.editable-over-time/users/' . $row['id'];

Thanks merwetta, the phpinfo() showed me the real directory path.