content to HTML *Help please*

[hpvc]

Hi there,

I'm new a this, please help me:

I've a page in php, that's showing the content of a table, but i want to put a link on it, to save that content in html file to my local hard disk. Can anyone help me please?

Thanks a lot.

[PHPSuperNewb]

you can try creating a file that contains the html with this:

http://www.tizag.com/phpT/filecreate.php

 

I'm not sure if this can be used to store it anywhere on someone's computer though... :S

[Muddy_Funster]

Why not just use your browser to save the page?

[saurabhx]

When the link to save the page is clicked, make the following code execute:-

 

header('Content-Type: text/html');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.txt');
echo "Hello"; // Output the page contents you want the user to download here

 

Note: header() will not work if you have already output html content in the page. So in your case, probably is is best to write the above code in a separate file and link to that file. Even if the code is in a separate file, the user will not be taken to that new file, instead he will stay in the current page and a download prompt will be shown 

[PHPSuperNewb]

When the link to save the page is clicked, make the following code execute:-

 

header('Content-Type: text/html');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=file.txt');
echo "Hello"; // Output the page contents you want the user to download here

 

Note: header() will not work if you have already output html content in the page. So in your case, probably is is best to write the above code in a separate file and link to that file. Even if the code is in a separate file, the user will not be taken to that new file, instead he will stay in the current page and a download prompt will be shown 

 

I forgot about using headers, this is a great solution! 0.0