[SOLVED] Need Help how to CREATE MsWord using PHP

[andz]

Good day everyone.

 

I have a problem on my project that I need to approach as soon as possible.

 

How do I create an MsWord document using PHP and populate its content with MySQL without installing additional resources or in short just simply native PHP coding, no other script attached.

 

I'm using PHP4.

 

Thank you very much.

[BlueSkyIS]

is PHP COM installed? if not, i can't think of a way to do it.

[Barand]

see

http://web.informbank.com/articles/technology/php-office-documents.htm

[andz]

How would I know if the PHP COM is installed or not? This is my first time to handle this kind of issue. Thanks for showing interest on my post.

 

I'll check out the link... Thanks.

[Barand]

How would I know if the PHP COM is installed or not?

 

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[andz]

I have here a simple solution and it works for me.

 

I just take the old-fashioned way using fopen() and fwrite() and fclose();

 

here's the code below.

 

<?php

$txtFile = fopen('file.doc') or die('UNABLE TO OPEN');

 

$input = 'Hello world';

 

if (!fwrite($txtFile, $input)) {

  die ('UNABLE TO WRITE');

}

 

fclose($txtFile);

?>

 

I'm running an xampp on windows as web server. Probably if this will work on live server, i'll just have to edit the permissions into *777.

 

What do you think???

[BlueSkyIS]

it's not a word doc, it's a text file with a .doc extension. but if it works for you that's fine.

[andz]

Any disadvantages using this one for generating a file?

[andz]

Thanks for the help... I'll just have to try it to linux if the generated file can be open using openoffice.

 

Topic Solved. !!!

 

 

Thanks so much.