[PHP-DB] Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
Howdy All, I've PHP / Apache / MySQL running on a Linux machine where a GUI allows an administrator to track changes made to computers on our intranet. I've been asked to add an 'history' button so that all changes made to one or more computers can be put into a table, displayed on client machines (windows), then imported into an excel spread sheet. So far so good. I'm querying the dB, retrieving the requested records, then displaying in a new window in a table with border set to '0'. The expectation is that the admin on a client machine will then copy the table to a text file, then import into excel. The problem is with the field separator. I tried concatenating a '\t' to each field but this didn't behave as expected. Eventually, I concated a '|' (bar) character, and this imported with the correct formatting. However, now there is this foreign character at the end of each cell in the spread sheet. My question is whether there might be a more direct way to get the dB data into excel on the client PC (can't imagine how), or if not, how I might create a 'tab delimited' file from the HTML table and avoid introducing a foreign character as a field separator. Thanks for reading this long post. dave
[PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Howdy All, I've PHP / Apache / MySQL running on a Linux machine where a GUI allows an administrator to track changes made to computers on our intranet. I've been asked to add an 'history' button so that all changes made to one or more computers can be put into a table, displayed on client machines (windows), then imported into an excel spread sheet. So far so good. I'm querying the dB, retrieving the requested records, then displaying in a new window in a table with border set to '0'. The expectation is that the admin on a client machine will then copy the table to a text file, then import into excel. The problem is with the field separator. I tried concatenating a '\t' to each field but this didn't behave as expected. Eventually, I concated a '|' (bar) character, and this imported with the correct formatting. However, now there is this foreign character at the end of each cell in the spread sheet. My question is whether there might be a more direct way to get the dB data into excel on the client PC (can't imagine how), or if not, how I might create a 'tab delimited' file from the HTML table and avoid introducing a foreign character as a field separator. A comma seperated values file (.csv) should be readable by Excel. Just put a ; between all values and save it as a text file with .csv extension. I think you don't need to go all the way via HTML output and copy/paste. Hope this helps. Regards, Torsten Roehr -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? dave My question is whether there might be a more direct way to get the dB data into excel on the client PC (can't imagine how), or if not, how I might create a 'tab delimited' file from the HTML table and avoid introducing a foreign character as a field separator. A comma seperated values file (.csv) should be readable by Excel. Just put a ; between all values and save it as a text file with .csv extension. I think you don't need to go all the way via HTML output and copy/paste. Regards, Torsten Roehr
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? This might cause a problem because Excel will start a new row then - this could also happen with a tab delimiter. At the moment I can't think of a solution for this. Is it probable that your data contains semicolons? Regards, Torsten -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
You could just use MysqlODBC, and import the data right into the excel sheet. Just setup a DNS that points to your Mysql server, on the windows box, then select Data-Get External data-New Database Query within Excel... I'm not sure what the data is, or why you need the data, or what your really doing But that might be in option... Cheers!! Dan -Original Message- From: roehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:47 AM To: php-db Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? This might cause a problem because Excel will start a new row then - this could also happen with a tab delimiter. At the moment I can't think of a solution for this. Is it probable that your data contains semicolons? Regards, Torsten -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? Please take a look at PEAR's Spreadsheet Excel Writer package: http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer Of course it's more work than just putting together a string with all values but it might solve the ; problem. Regards, Torsten -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
There definitely are colons, and there is a 'comments' field and semi-colons may appear there. However I think I will include a note in the help file for the admin to avoid using semi-colons in this field. Seems the best solution. And you are right: A .csv is seen as an excel file, so opening the audit window then going to file save as, and making the file Audit.csv, or something, avoids having to use the import wizard in excel. Saves several steps. Thanks so much! dave Thanks for responding, Torsten. If I'm understanding your suggestion, then what happens where the data from the dB already has a ; (semi-colon) in it? Wouldn't this corrupt the import into excel? This might cause a problem because Excel will start a new row then - this could also happen with a tab delimiter. At the moment I can't think of a solution for this. Is it probable that your data contains semicolons? Regards, Torsten
[PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
An easy way to do it (work around) is to dump it as csv or html. If your form can output an html table to the browser to show results then all you need is to include a short instruction on the html form that has all results in html table that would say something like Save with your browser's 'save as' button and save it as a HTM file then open it with Excel Then the user would easily open an HTML file in XLS and do what ever they want with it (save as XLS, WK*, etc It gets more complicated if you want to use formulas in the spreadsheet but if its just raw data this would be a very easy way to accomplish what you want. Hope this helps. Christian. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
Thanks, Christian, and all who responded. I think this is almost exactly as it will work. The problem with using some kind of MySQL frontend is that this would involve some knowledge of dB's and SQL (can't be certain of this), and that it would be additional steps. For example, the GUI already allows 1 or more computers to be selected (up to 48, now), and the audit history button simply queries the audit_table based upon the same selection of computers for all changes made during a specified period. Having to create a query for computers 1-7, 11, 15, 16, 24, 31, etc, where start date = 'some date' and end date = now() would really be dupliating work that the GUI is already doing. An easy way to do it (work around) is to dump it as csv or html. If your form can output an html table to the browser to show results then all you need is to include a short instruction on the html form that has all results in html table that would say something like Save with your browser's 'save as' button and save it as a HTM file then open it with Excel Then the user would easily open an HTML file in XLS and do what ever they want with it (save as XLS, WK*, etc It gets more complicated if you want to use formulas in the spreadsheet but if its just raw data this would be a very easy way to accomplish what you want. Hope this helps. Christian
[PHP-DB] Simple Question... Complex Answer?
Dear All,
How do I pass an ADO Recordset by reference to a COM object function in PHP
v4.3.4?
Cheers,
Keith.
ps. I posted a much more long-winded version of this earlier but it was
screwed up in the Newsgroup somehow, (probably my fault).
eg. My best guess... dies horribly :(
$AComObject = new COM(AServer.AObject);
$AADORecordSet = new VARIANT(VT_DISPATCH | VT_BYREF);
$AComObject-AFunction($AADORecordSet);
while (!$AADORecordSet-EOF)
{
echo $AADORecordSet-Fields[Field1]-value . br;
$AADORecordSet-MoveNext();
}
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Re: [PHP-DB] Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy All, I've PHP / Apache / MySQL running on a Linux machine where a GUI allows an administrator to track changes made to computers on our intranet. I've been asked to add an 'history' button so that all changes made to one or more computers can be put into a table, displayed on client machines (windows), then imported into an excel spread sheet. So far so good. I'm querying the dB, retrieving the requested records, then displaying in a new window in a table with border set to '0'. The expectation is that the admin on a client machine will then copy the table to a text file, then import into excel. The problem is with the field separator. I tried concatenating a '\t' to each field but this didn't behave as expected. Eventually, I concated a '|' (bar) character, and this imported with the correct formatting. However, now there is this foreign character at the end of each cell in the spread sheet. My question is whether there might be a more direct way to get the dB data into excel on the client PC (can't imagine how), or if not, how I might create a 'tab delimited' file from the HTML table and avoid introducing a foreign character as a field separator. Thanks for reading this long post. dave Mmaybe I'm missing something (quite possible), but you can make the work happen autogically by using http headers. header(Content-type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls); Replace excelfile.xls with whatever you want the filename to be Then write out your table as you would normally. the result should be an excel file either downloaded or opened in the browser, depending on the browser settings. = Mark Weinstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** You can't demand something as a right unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *** __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] undefined function
OK, I added it!! But it still does work. BTW, I have four different PHP.ini files in my system, where I can see which one is using it? I added it to all of them!! IIS PHP 4.x SQL Server Miguel Guirao Servicios Datacard www.SIASA.com.mx -Mensaje original- De: Bruno Ferreira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Viernes, 21 de Mayo de 2004 05:01 p.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [PHP-DB] undefined function Miguel Guirao wrote: First, I do not have that line in my php.ini file. In what section should I add it? Anywhere, but best place as long as organization is concerned would be under the Dynamic extensions label. Bruno Ferreira PS - You should check the default php.ini that comes with your PHP distribution and customize from there. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] undefined function
From: Miguel Guirao [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, I have four different PHP.ini files in my system, where I can see which one is using it? I added it to all of them!! phpinfo() will product a page that shows you what php.ini file PHP is using. It's in the first block. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
Wow, thanks. I'm gonna give this a try right now. dave Mark Weinstock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] recently wrote... Maybe I'm missing something (quite possible), but you can make the work happen autogically by using http headers. header(Content-type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls); Replace excelfile.xls with whatever you want the filename to be Then write out your table as you would normally. the result should be an excel file either downloaded or opened in the browser, depending on the browser settings.
Re: [PHP-DB] Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
I've used the header function before for redirection with success, but in the current situation I'm not sure where to put the 2 calls to it. I'm making the web page on the fly -- querying the dB, writing out the string including html tags and the query result, using fopen to create the file, then using Javascipt to open a browser window displaying the just created page. So far I've either gotten the 'can't send headers, output already started' error message, or I've gotten the GUI page itself opened up in excel, interesting effect but not the intention ;-) Does anyone have an idea where to try putting the header calls given the above set-up? Thanks, dave Wow, thanks. I'm gonna give this a try right now. dave Mark Weinstock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] recently wrote... Maybe I'm missing something (quite possible), but you can make the work happen autogically by using http headers. header(Content-type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls); Replace excelfile.xls with whatever you want the filename to be Then write out your table as you would normally. the result should be an excel file either downloaded or opened in the browser, depending on the browser settings.David
RE: [PHP-DB] undefined function
Thank you everybody!! I was missing that bloody dll. Is working now!!! Best Regards, and thanks again Miguel Guirao Servicios Datacard www.SIASA.com.mx -Mensaje original- De: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Lunes, 24 de Mayo de 2004 01:06 p.m. Para: Miguel Guirao; 'Bruno Ferreira'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [PHP-DB] undefined function From: Miguel Guirao [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, I have four different PHP.ini files in my system, where I can see which one is using it? I added it to all of them!! phpinfo() will product a page that shows you what php.ini file PHP is using. It's in the first block. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Upload and Display images with Mysql
--- Kpromos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dears All,
I'm looking for a simple script that will permitme
to upload images in a mysql database, calling out
the images with a function from a mysql database
(calling them from an id variable). I have just
tried this tutorial
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/florian19991014.php3
but it seems to me that there's nothing to do, as
images aren't displayed even if all seems to
function correctly. The doubt is that images are
stored as bynary files System.Byte[], so it may be
that I can use the simple img
src=view.php?id=$id.
I'm testing all in my Windows PC. Anybody can help
me?
I actually remember looking at that PHPBuilder.com
article a few years ago. Unless you're in a situation
where you are required to store your graphic in the
database, it would be better to store the graphic in
the file system of your operating system, and then
merely capture the path to the file in a column of the
database. So, for example, if you upload your a
picture called myPhoto.jpg to a path (assuming
you're on UNIX/Linux) called /home/myDirectory, then
the full path to your picture would be:
/home/myDirectory/photos/myPhoto.jpg (without the
quotes, of course).
In the column of your database, INSERT the path to
your photo. For example:
$sql = INSERT into Table1
(id, photo)
VALUES (null,
'/home/myDirectory/photos/myPhoto.jpg');
Later on, when you want to view your photo, you would
do a SELECT statement on the table to get the path to
your photo and then echo it out to the browser. For
example, if the id of your photo was 1:
$query = SELECT Table1.photo
WHERE Table1.id = '1';
$result = mysql_query($query, $connection_info_here)
or die(Couldn't pull photo.);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$photo = $row['photo'];
}
To display the photo, as you already know, just use
img tags and echo statement:
img src=?php echo $photo; ?
I have not included any error checking. This is just
a skeleton way of doing it.
The PHP manual does a good job of explaining file
uploads which you'll be required to do for uploads
regardless of where you store the graphic (either in
the file system or in the database).
http://us4.php.net/features.file-upload
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Re: [PHP-DB] Convert HTML Table to Tab Delimited .TXT file
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used the header function before for redirection with success, but in the current situation I'm not sure where to put the 2 calls to it. I'm making the web page on the fly -- querying the dB, writing out the string including html tags and the query result, using fopen to create the file, then using Javascipt to open a browser window displaying the just created page. So far I've either gotten the 'can't send headers, output already started' error message, or I've gotten the GUI page itself opened up in excel, interesting effect but not the intention ;-) Does anyone have an idea where to try putting the header calls given the above set-up? If you're calling a PHP page from Javascript, then you should put the headers before anything is sent to the browser on that PHP page. For example, ?php header(Content-type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls); ? TABLE TRTDHeader 1/TDTDHeader 2/TD/TR TRTDR1C1/TDTDR1C2/TD/TR TRTDR2C1/TDTDR2C2/TD/TR /TABLE The table creation can all be done in PHP as well. If you're building the page using document.write(), things might be more complicated... Thanks, dave Wow, thanks. I'm gonna give this a try right now. dave Mark Weinstock at [EMAIL PROTECTED] recently wrote... Maybe I'm missing something (quite possible), but you can make the work happen autogically by using http headers. header(Content-type: application/octet-stream); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=excelfile.xls); Replace excelfile.xls with whatever you want the filename to be Then write out your table as you would normally. the result should be an excel file either downloaded or opened in the browser, depending on the browser settings.David = Mark Weinstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** You can't demand something as a right unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *** __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
