Writing the HTML output of a Dynamic Sidebar to file

  • Resolved GreenLead

    (@greenlead)


    12 years, 5 months ago

    I need to write the HTML output of a sidebar and the widgets contained inside it into a text file.

    However, whilst calling dynamic_sidebar() and specifying the location does display the output, it simply returns “true” to the PHP code. Is there a way to get the actual HTML output and write that to a file instead?

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  • Thread Starter GreenLead

    (@greenlead)

    To answer my own question and hopefully help others facing similar problems, here’s my solution:

    (Take note of the annotations)

    <?php
	// Put this at the start of the script

	ob_start();

	// Initialize WordPress, etc

	require('wp-config.php');
	$wp->init();
	$wp->parse_request();
	$wp->query_posts();
	$wp->register_globals();

	/*
	Load the contents of a widget area.
	Usually, dynamic_sidebar only returns "true" upon a successful function call, but as we'll see later on, the HTML output that is sent to the browser can be captured and saved to a file
*/

	dynamic_sidebar( 'top-widget-area' );

	// Get the contents of the file, which obstensibly contains the desired HTML output of the widget

	$page = ob_get_contents();
	ob_end_flush();

	// Write the contents to a text file

	$fp = fopen("menu.txt","w");
	fwrite($fp,$page);
	fclose($fp);
?>
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