Re: [PHP-DB] export to csv file
You need to specify a path that the webserver has write permissions to. Yes this can be bad, so be careful. I have a script that grabs data from2 databases and writes the report out to a csv file, which the browser then downloads. - Original Message - From: Diana Castillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:02 am Subject: [PHP-DB] export to csv file > Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a table > to a text > file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing to a > file with > fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing. > What is the best solution? > Thanks, > Diana > > -- > See my web page: > http://www.netrox.net/%7Ecastillo/hghindex.htm > > > > -- > 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] export to csv file
If you are using *nix set the file, or directory permissions recursively, to
777.
If you want to let the users download the file it may be simpler to generate
the content and send it directly to them when they click on a link.
http://www.phpbuilder.com/mail/phplib-list/2001062/0017.php
explains but basically set the header using
header("Content-Type: application/force-download");
and then output the file.
Peter
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Subject: [PHP-DB] export to csv file
> Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a table to a text
> file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing to a file
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> fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing.
> What is the best solution?
> Thanks,
> Diana
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Re: [PHP-DB] export to csv file
Diana Castillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a > table to a text > file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing > to a file with > fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing. > What is the best solution? > Thanks, > Diana > It's not clear to me what you want - create a text file on the server, or create a CSV file for download on the fly... As fopen() tries to create a local file, it seems you (or better, the uid owning the web server process) do not have write permission to where you want to create the file. Your PHP scripts run with the user-id of the web server, which may be www-data, nobody, wwwrun or whatever. You may have to ask the server admin to give that process write permission in your diectory. On the other side it may be better and easier to create a csv file on the fly. Create a page, say csv-export.php, and link to it using a href="csv-export.php/export.csv". This way the user's browser is tricked that the link points to a CSV file, if it does not honor the content-type it sends (see below). In csv-export.php you do http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] export to csv file
- Original Message - From: "Diana Castillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:02 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] export to csv file > Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a table to a text > file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing to a file with > fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing. > What is the best solution? > Thanks, > Diana > > -- > See my web page: > http://www.netrox.net/%7Ecastillo/hghindex.htm > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/2002 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] export to csv file
On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 10:02, Diana Castillo wrote: > Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a table to a text > file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing to a file with > fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing. > What is the best solution? > Thanks, > Diana If you want to do it as a csv file the best way is select into outfile '' fields terminated by ',' from . this writes to a csv file. now being able to do things wtih that file depends if you are using a Unix clone you have to watch the permissions on the file it sounds like that is the problem . perhaps add yourself to the mysql group if the file has group permissions. the last is just a thought. John Coder -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP-DB] export to csv file
Hi, I want to export some fields on a regular basis from a table to a text file, preferable to the users local computer. I tried writing to a file with fopen but I get "permission denied" when I try to open it for writing. What is the best solution? Thanks, Diana -- See my web page: http://www.netrox.net/%7Ecastillo/hghindex.htm -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
