On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 14:25 -0700, Ben Miller wrote: > Users would be updating data via form input (address, tel, product > catalogues, etc.) as well as uploading files (images, PDFs, etc.), creating > their own presentations and saving those presentations to a flash drive as > HTML files with calls to the images/PDFs so that they can simply plug their > drive into a USB port and present the info on the road, regardless of > connection to the internet. > > Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roberto [mailto:prof3ta@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:58 AM > To: Ben Miller > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Backup to local drive > > Hi, > > you lost me a bit. Let say a user uploads a PDF file to one of your servers. > What do you mean when you say "I want the users to be able to save the > HTML output of their data"?!? > > Roberto Aloi > http://aloiroberto.wordpress.com > Twitter: @prof3ta > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Ben Miller <biprellim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello - I have an application I'm building that allows users to store > > personal information and files (images, PDFs, etc.) in our database, but I > > need a way for them to be able to save the HTML output of that personal > data > > to a local (for the user) flash drive. I'm guessing I'm going to need a > > clientSide language like javascript for this, but was wondering if maybe > > there was a PHP addon or something like that for downloading content to > the > > user's PC. Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Ben > > > > > > Why not create all the HTML files and images on the server, and zip it up then send that down to the user? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
