On Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:20, Dave M G wrote: > 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? > > -- > Dave M G For re-encoding to EUC-JP, I would check out the multibyte functions... specifically mb_convert_encoding: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-convert-encoding.php HTH -- Ray Hauge Programmer/Systems Administrator American Student Loan Services www.americanstudentloan.com 1.800.575.1099 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
