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Asked: 2026-06-05T20:42:31+00:00

I am trying to build a form in HTML that, once submitted, automatically generates

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I am trying to build a form in HTML that, once submitted, automatically generates a new webpage using data entered into the form.I’m usually a MATLAB and python user, so I tried them first. Matlab would parse the parse the data and save it to a new .txt file, but not a .html file. Python was much the same. After searching, I came across the suggestion to use PHP to create the new page from the form data. (Someone was using php to create user webpages with the users name, email, and a picture. I tried to adapt this to suit my needs, but it is not generating the new page as I thought it would. Instead, it just displays part of the PHP code. This is the form I made:

<form action="htmlData.php" method="post"> 

Product Name: 
<input name="Name" size="20" type="text">
<br><br>

Project Lead Name:
<input name="PLname" size="20" type="text"> <br><br>

Team-members: <br>
<textarea name="Team_members" rows=10 cols=40> </textarea> <br><br>

Product Type: <br>
<input name="Product_Type" size="20" type="text"> <br><br>

Description: <br>
<textarea name="Description" rows=10 cols=40 type="text"> </textarea>
<br>

<br> <br>



<input value="Submit" type="submit" name="formSubmit">
<input value="Reset" type="reset">
<input value="Help" type="button" onclick="window.location.href='problems.html'">
</form>

…And this is the PHP file named htmlData.php:

ob_start();  
$Name = $_POST['Name'];
$PLname= $_POST['PLname'];
$Team_members= $_POST['Team_members'];
$Product_type= $_POST['Product_type'];
$Description= $_POST['Description']; 
$html = <<<HEREDOC
     Product Name: $Name <br>
     Project Lead: $PLname <br>
     Team Members: $Team_members <br> <br>
     Product Type: $Product_type <br>
     Description: $Description
     HEREDOC;  
file_put_contents('newPage.htm', $html); 
header()redirect.header('location: newPage.html')

What do I need to change so that once a user clicks submit, a new page is generated from the data and the user is then taken to the newly created page? Is this possible with what I have, or should I looking into using a different language?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s possible with PHP and Python (perhaps MATLAB too).

    Given your PHP code, there are a few small issues. First, the HEREDOC must be ended at the beginning of the line (there can’t be any whitespace before the end HEREDOC).

    Second, the PHP code to redirect is invalid. Try these changes:

    <?php

$Name = $_POST['Name'];
$PLname= $_POST['PLname'];
$Team_members= $_POST['Team_members'];
$Product_type= $_POST['Product_type'];
$Description= $_POST['Description'];

$html = <<<HEREDOC
     Product Name: $Name <br>
     Project Lead: $PLname <br>
     Team Members: $Team_members <br> <br>
     Product Type: $Product_type <br>
     Description: $Description
HEREDOC;  
file_put_contents('newPage.htm', $html); 

header('location: newPage.html');
exit;

    The next issue you may encounter is that it cannot write to newPage.htm. You may need/want to specify a full path (e.g. /home/yoursite/public_html/files/newPage.htm).

    You will need to make sure that directory is writable by the web server (as often the web server runs as a different user than your files are owned by).

    Hope that helps.

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