Create a PHP Page Dynamically

[Noyb]

Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
server. Thanks.
Steve.

[Nik Coughin]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

Noyb wrote:[color=blue]
> Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
> user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name
> so users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
> index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
> around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
> server. Thanks.
> Steve.[/color]

Yes.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php

[Gordon Burditt]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

>Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a[color=blue]
>user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
>users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
>index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
>around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
>server. Thanks.[/color]

You can write one PHP page that does all sorts of stuff depending
on how it is called. For example, it looks at what name it was
called under, looks this up in a database, and spits out a page for
the user based on his entries there. This works best if the pages
follow a pattern rather than being completely free-form. For
example, I suspect that Ebay item-for-sale pages are generated out
of a template, with some seller-supplied pieces, including text,
html, and maybe a few images (or at the very least, links to images
hosted elsewhere). (I have no idea whether Ebay uses PHP, though).

Yes, you can create files in the document tree, if permissions are
set up to do this. I'd be REALLY, REALLY careful about letting
users create PHP pages which can ALSO write on the filesystem: it's
very easy to open up security holes this way. See fopen(), for
example, with a filename argument, if you really want to do this.

Gordon L. Burditt

[Noyb]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

Gordon Burditt wrote:
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>>Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
>>user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
>>users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
>>index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
>>around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
>>server. Thanks.[/color]
>
>
> You can write one PHP page that does all sorts of stuff depending
> on how it is called. For example, it looks at what name it was
> called under, looks this up in a database, and spits out a page for
> the user based on his entries there. This works best if the pages
> follow a pattern rather than being completely free-form. For
> example, I suspect that Ebay item-for-sale pages are generated out
> of a template, with some seller-supplied pieces, including text,
> html, and maybe a few images (or at the very least, links to images
> hosted elsewhere). (I have no idea whether Ebay uses PHP, though).
>
> Yes, you can create files in the document tree, if permissions are
> set up to do this. I'd be REALLY, REALLY careful about letting
> users create PHP pages which can ALSO write on the filesystem: it's
> very easy to open up security holes this way. See fopen(), for
> example, with a filename argument, if you really want to do this.
>
> Gordon L. Burditt[/color]

Thanks Gordon. I understand what you're talking about but the
convenience of telling people to go to www.mysite.com/jack is what I was
looking for. The answer posted by Nik C.
(http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php) is just what I was
looking for in case anyone else out there is wondering.

[Noyb]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

Nik Coughin wrote:
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> Noyb wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
>>user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name
>>so users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
>>index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
>>around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
>>server. Thanks.
>>Steve.[/color]
>
>
> Yes.
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php
>
>
>[/color]
Thanks Nik!

[Markus Ernst]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

"Noyb" <none@hotmail.c om> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:v7hNc.1740 4$Qu5.3560@news read2.news.pas. earthlink.net.. .[color=blue]
> Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
> user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
> users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
> index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
> around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
> server. Thanks.
> Steve.[/color]

Alternatively to what Nik and Gordon pointed you to, you could also
- Use mod_rewrite (with a .htaccess file) to redirect all requests to
/index.php
- analyze the address entered:

$url_array = explode("/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$who = $url_array[1];

So if somebody called www.mysite.com/jack $who is now set to "jack", and you
can use this to get jack's data from your database, file or whatever.

HTH
Markus

[Savut]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically


"Markus Ernst" <derernst@NO#SP #AMgmx.ch> wrote in message
news:41061daf$0 $456$afc38c87@n ews.easynet.ch. ..[color=blue]
> "Noyb" <none@hotmail.c om> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:v7hNc.1740 4$Qu5.3560@news read2.news.pas. earthlink.net.. .[color=green]
>> Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
>> user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
>> users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
>> index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
>> around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
>> server. Thanks.
>> Steve.[/color]
>
> Alternatively to what Nik and Gordon pointed you to, you could also
> - Use mod_rewrite (with a .htaccess file) to redirect all requests to
> /index.php[/color]

"DocumentIn dex index.php" would be better and faster

Savut

http://ww.savut.com

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> - analyze the address entered:
>
> $url_array = explode("/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
> $who = $url_array[1];
>
> So if somebody called www.mysite.com/jack $who is now set to "jack", and
> you
> can use this to get jack's data from your database, file or whatever.
>
> HTH
> Markus
>
>[/color]

[Noyb]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

Savut wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Markus Ernst" <derernst@NO#SP #AMgmx.ch> wrote in message
> news:41061daf$0 $456$afc38c87@n ews.easynet.ch. ..
>[color=green]
>> "Noyb" <none@hotmail.c om> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:v7hNc.1740 4$Qu5.3560@news read2.news.pas. earthlink.net.. .
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
>>> user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
>>> users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
>>> index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
>>> around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
>>> server. Thanks.
>>> Steve.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Alternatively to what Nik and Gordon pointed you to, you could also
>> - Use mod_rewrite (with a .htaccess file) to redirect all requests to
>> /index.php[/color]
>
>
> "DocumentIn dex index.php" would be better and faster
>
> Savut
> http://ww.savut.com
>[color=green]
>> - analyze the address entered:
>>
>> $url_array = explode("/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
>> $who = $url_array[1];
>>
>> So if somebody called www.mysite.com/jack $who is now set to "jack",
>> and you
>> can use this to get jack's data from your database, file or whatever.
>>
>> HTH
>> Markus
>>
>>[/color]
>[/color]

Thanks Markus and Savut!

[eclipsboi]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:36:05 -0400, "Savut" <webki@hotmail. com> wrote:
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>
>"DocumentInd ex index.php" would be better and faster[/color]
DocumentIndex does not exist in either 1.3 or 2.0 of Apache.
DirectoryIndex and DocumentRoot do, but respectively either determine
the default file to display if none is called, or set the base web
directory for the domain (the latter only being set in the server
config file globally, or via a <VirtualHost> directive.

What this guy wants is in essence, virtual directories. Similar to how
Yahoo Profiles does it (I presume). A way to have virtually infinite
directories, without the physical directories.

[Savut]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

Then mod_rewrite would do the job perfectly

Savut

http://www.savut.com

"eclipsboi" <eclipsboi@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:36:05 -0400, "Savut" <webki@hotmail. com> wrote:
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>>
>>"DocumentInde x index.php" would be better and faster[/color]
> DocumentIndex does not exist in either 1.3 or 2.0 of Apache.
> DirectoryIndex and DocumentRoot do, but respectively either determine
> the default file to display if none is called, or set the base web
> directory for the domain (the latter only being set in the server
> config file globally, or via a <VirtualHost> directive.
>
> What this guy wants is in essence, virtual directories. Similar to how
> Yahoo Profiles does it (I presume). A way to have virtually infinite
> directories, without the physical directories.[/color]

[Hostmaster \(NS\)]

Re: Create a PHP Page Dynamically

just have a script create the virtual host and then copy a index.php into their home dir or echo the php code into a php file


"Noyb" <none@hotmail.c om> wrote in message news:v7hNc.1740 4$Qu5.3560@news read2.news.pas. earthlink.net.. .[color=blue]
> Is it possible to create a php page dynaimically? For example, when a
> user is added I'd like to create a page in a directory in their name so
> users could go to www.mysite.com/jack or www.mysite.com/jill and
> index.php will have been created there. I know there are many ways
> around this but I'd like to know if a php page can be created on the
> server. Thanks.
> Steve.[/color]