How to export into File on Client

[ksmatthews]

HI Gurus,

 

I need to export (download) a csv file from the web server to my client. How can this be done in php ?

How is the save as dialog invoked ? (I am assuming that file save permissions are allowed)

 

I read that if you invoke the following script (eg form submit), it will work ..

 

<?

header("Content-type: text/plain");

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=YOUR_FILE.csv");

?>

 

Any advice ?

 

Steven M

 

 

[rajivgonsalves]

you can use the following code

 

<?

header("Content-type: text/plain");

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=YOUR_FILE.csv");

 

$strContent = file_get_contents("http://...");

print $strContent

?>

 

[sheenayin]

Hi,

 

I'm facing a problem in exporting file into client machine. My current issue is, when my client click on "Export" button, the particular file will saved in SERVER instead of his computer. Refer below for my partial script.

 

$target_folder = "C:/AuditReport/";

 

if (isset($_POST['btnExport']))

{

if (file_exists($target_folder)) {

 

} else {

mkdir("C:/AuditReport/",0700);

}

 

$sql = "select to_char(sysdate,'yyyymmdd-HH24MISS') from dual";

 

$s = oci_parse($c, $sql);

oci_execute($s);

OCIFetchInto($s, $row2);

$file_date = $row2[0];

$filename = $file_date.' StudAuditReport.txt';

$handle = fopen("C:/AuditReport/".$filename, 'x+');

        fwrite($handle, $detail);

        fclose($handle);

 

Any advice ?

Sheena

 

 

[spiderwell]

wow 4 year old thread bump! i just learnt how to do this last week by reading the sticky located here, its about halfway down the first post:

 

 

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=31047.0