Thanks for the reply....! This isn't an assignment....I am no longer a student. Please provide the necessary code.//./././
As a primary goal of this work, it's by connecting to the big search engine (dmoz),download into a database and later query them. There are about 10 files on that particular website with different extensions (http://rdf.dmoz.org/rdf/).At first have had my php script pointing separately at each array and individual file name in the URL. By doing so it was a complete mess. I would like to come up with a general php parameter which helps with the file extension and then later user can choose which file to download with minimized redundancy. I have also additional php scripts for connecting,crating tables,parsing etc..... But the most important is this generalized parameter to be working. I am using command line to run the scripts.....i do know how to proceed with that. If the code could follow the flowchart,,,that's fine so far..... Perhaps the script could check the existence of the files (which already exit) and then proceed with the extension. The user is given the options to choose which file to download with some prompted messages.File is downloaded locally on the pc...as it will be stored later in the database. hope my explanation is ok.... Solane > ------------------------------ > > Hello Soláne G Diego, > This sounds very much like an assignment. > If it is then we can give you general pointers - if it is NOT then please > say so and we can give code. > > You didn't mention how it would be determined if "the file exists in the > directory it should exist in". > > Also you mentioned "command line". Command line is totally different to a > browser web page. I presume you mean URL query string. > > Some more questions - > Check to see if file exists - where > 1) A remote server > 2) The local servers file path > 3) The local servers http streams > 4) The local PC > > Download file - where to > 1) the local servers file path > 2) the local PC > > If zipped then unzip - where to > 1) the local servers file path > 2) the local PC > > Please write two separate scenarios for zipped and not zipped > > Thanks. > > PS: Forced downloads are problematic especially with Internet Explorer. > There is plenty of example code for this on the header() function page at > php.net >
