Describe the mechanics in PHP relevant terms of a PHP/MYSQL page (A.php) that will 1) use one template to write itself (simple), 2) take input from the user to update a database (simple), 3) upon command parse another PHP page (B.php) (???) and save (B.php) page as a static HTML (B.html) (???).
UPDATE= I found a post, here at SO, helpfully suggesting (to another, GROAN, non-Uber Geek with a completely Pedestrian Question) he could capture html from a php page using output buffer. Will this work for a different php file?