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Generating static html page using html form input

I have this html form that calls a php file.

Html index → 

<form action="html_form_submit.php" method="post">
<textarea name="name" rows="2" cols="20"> </textarea >
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

from html_form_submit.php -> 

<?php
$name = @$_POST['name'];
?>
<html>
<body>
<p>
Id: <?php echo $id; ?><br>
Name: <?php echo $name; ?><br>
Email: <?php echo $email; ?>
</p>
</body>
</html>

This works as expected. The php file generates the html code and sends it to the client. But I want php (or whatever) to create a static html page, save it to the server and THEN send it to the user. I hope I get it.

This is for a very small website for my community and my coding skills suck bigtime Finally, if anyone understands what I am trying to do and you have a suggestion to do it some other way (easier way) please divide.

thank

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<?php
    ob_start(); // start trapping output
    $name = @$_POST['name'];
?>
<html>
<body>
<p>
Id: <?php echo $id; ?><br>
Name: <?php echo $name; ?><br>
Email: <?php echo $email; ?>
</p>
</body>
</html>
<?php
    $output = ob_get_contents(); // get contents of trapped output
    //write to file, e.g.
    $newfile="output.txt"; 
    $file = fopen ($newfile, "w"); 
    fwrite($file, $output); 
    fclose ($file);  
    ob_end_clean(); // discard trapped output and stop trapping
?>


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You just open the file, print the HTML file (using puts or similar), close the file, then redirect the user to a new file using the header ("Location: ..");



For general advice, I would just suggest reading "user input" for cleaning or "sanitizing".

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