PHP List,
In the last stage of my current script, I need to take a bunch of data
from the database and put it into a text file for the user to save to
their computer and import into an application.
The file being created is just a list of Japanese words and definitions
delineated by tabs.
The file format should be a text file. Actually, it could also be CSV
file, since it's tab delineated data.
The application being imported to only accepts EUC-JP encoding for text
files that include Japanese text, so my data, which is stored in the
database as UTF-8, will need to be converted to EUC-JP at some point
along the way to being written to the file.
This file need not ever be stored on the server. In fact, I'd rather it
not so as to avoid any headaches with permissions settings (which always
give me a headache, but that's a rant for another day).
So, I'm looking on php.net for functions that would be able to create a
file out of some data and pass it along to the user.
But it seems that the assumption of all the file functions (that I've
found) such as fwrite(), fopen(), file(), readfile(), and others are all
about taking an existing file and working with it. And more importantly,
all of them seem to assume that the place where the file would be stored
is on the servers system, and not immediately passed on to the user.
I have a suspicion that this is one of those situations where the
starting point is assumed to be so simple that no one goes out of their
way to document or explain it.
I'm too lost to know where to begin.
How do I create a file that the user saves, and is not stored on the server?
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Dave M G
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