Andy_Fang
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Use a Template to Create New URLs/ Content from MySQL?
Hi Expert,
What I would like to do is use a form that the user purs information in to create pages. So I would have one page, that will have CSS and basically look like a template, then it will grab data from a database to display content like the title, description (of the page in body), and pictures or videos. It will then have a unique 6 letter generated URL for each page like "website.com/page/bsdccz-T
What I would like to do is use a form that the user purs information in to create pages. So I would have one page, that will have CSS and basically look like a template, then it will grab data from a database to display content like the title, description (of the page in body), and pictures or videos. It will then have a unique 6 letter generated URL for each page like "website.com/page/bsdccz-T
Ray Paseur
Yes, that is entirely feasible. What is the question?
ASKER
How do I create songthing like this? I'm not sure how I would use a single template to create many different pages that are generated by a user with a form.
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<?php // RAY_temp_andy_fang.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// SEE http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/Q_28228871.html
// IF THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE CLIENT
if (!empty($_POST['data']))
{
/* USING THE CLIENT INPUT, MAKE DATA BASE QUERIES */
/* USING THE CLIENT INPUT, CREATE CSS STYLE SHEETS */
/* CREATE A SIX-CHARACTER UNIQUE IDENTIFIER */
/* STORE THE IDENTIFIER IN THE DATA BASE, WITH THE CLIENT INPUT
* AND THE GENERATED RESULTS FROM THE DATABASE + CSS */
// USE HEREDOC TO CREATE THE HTML DOCUMENT
$dat = htmlentities($_POST['data']);
$htm = <<<HTML5
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html dir="ltr" lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>ANDY FANG PAGE</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>THE FORM SAID: $dat</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML5;
// WRITE THE HTML DOCUMENT USING THE GENERATED HTML STRING
echo $htm;
die();
}
// IF THERE IS NOT POSTED DATA, PUT UP THE FORM TO RECEIVE THE DATA
$form = <<<EOD
<form method="post">
<input name="data" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
EOD;
echo $form;