Dynamically Creating URLS Based On User Input !
I am looking to create pages on the fly or dynamically based on user input. For example if i have www.example.com and they visit this and enter 'bob' in a textfield and press submit they create www.example.com/bob.html . How would I go about this ? I am guessing I need to create a folder when submit is pressed in my website directory ?
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