Can't help with your main problem, however I find it easier to write the likes of : $kml_string = <<<STOP all of the soap maybe some water some chips if you have them STOP On 9/7/07, John Schattel <John.Schattel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am trying to zip data in a PHP program using the following code. The > resulting file (ndfdViaPipe.kmz) is zip'ed but the data in the archive > lacks a file name. So when a program like Google Earth tries to process > the file, it fails. When I bring ndfdViaPipe.kmz into WinZip, the file > has no name but can otherwise be extracted just fine. Once extracted, > Google Earth can process the file. Does anyone know how I might add the > "file name" information to the ndfdViaPipe.kmz? The reason I'm trying > to use pipes is to avoid creating a file with the dynamically created > data in $kml_string. The plan is to send $kmz_content out in a SOAP > service message with the payload as base64 encoded file. If there is a > better way to accomplish this I am certainly open to suggestions. > > In advance, thanks for any help you care to offer. > > John > > <?php > > $kml_string = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . "<kml > xmlns=\"http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1\">"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . "<Document>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <name>National Digital Forecast Database > Data</name>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <open>1</open>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <Schema parent=\"Placemark\" > name=\"NdfdData\">"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <SimpleField type=\"wstring\" > name=\"UOM\"></SimpleField>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <SimpleField type=\"wstring\" > name=\"ValidTime\"></SimpleField>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <SimpleField type=\"int\" > name=\"MaxTemp\"></SimpleField>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " </Schema>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <NdfdData>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <name>Maximum Temperature</name>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <description>90F valid at > 2007-06-26T00:00:00-04:00</description>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <Point>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <coordinates>-77.37,37.82</coordinates>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " </Point>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <UOM>F</UOM>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " > <ValidTime>2007-06-26T00:00:00-04:00</ValidTime>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <MaxTemp>95</MaxTemp>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " </NdfdData>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <NdfdData>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <name>Maximum Temperature</name>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <description>89F valid at > 2007-06-26T00:00:00-04:00</description>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <Point>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <coordinates>-77.5,38.00</coordinates>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " </Point>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <UOM>F</UOM>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " > <ValidTime>2007-06-26T00:00:00-04:00</ValidTime>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " <MaxTemp>89</MaxTemp>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . " </NdfdData>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . "</Document>"; > $kml_string = $kml_string . "</kml>"; > > $descriptorAssignments = array( > 0 => array("pipe", "r"), // stdin is a pipe that the child will read > from > 1 => array("pipe", "w"), // stdout is a pipe that the child will > write to > 2 => array("file", "/tmp/error-output.txt", "a") // stderr is a file > to write to > ); > > $kmz_process = proc_open('zip',$descriptorAssignments,$pipes); > > if (is_resource($kmz_process)) > { > fwrite($pipes[0],$kml_string); > fclose($pipes[0]); > > $kmz_content = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]); > > fclose($pipes[1]); > > $return_value = proc_close($kmz_process); > > // Only outputting data to ensure it is a properly formatted zip file > // Normally, a SOAP service will sent the data as a base64 encoded > payload > $output_file = fopen('ndfdViaPipe.kmz','w'); > fwrite($output_file,$kmz_content); > fclose($output_file); > } > > ?> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php