------------ Original Message ------------
> Date: Thursday, April 02, 2015 17:58:49 -0700
> From: Jeffry Killen <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Sean Greenslade wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 02:51:32PM -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote:
>>> Hi;
>>>
>>> This is new territory for me a maybe a bit off topic but
>>> I am interested in finding out how to implement a downloading
>>> mechanism with php and without using ftp (if possible).
>>>
>>> I am understanding that http has a 'put' command. Is this the
>>> clue?
>>>
>>> When a file is downloaded from a site, like, for instance, a
>>> source code file from a directory. If the user does not have an
>>> ftp client, does
>>> the browser negotiate an ftp connection? As an application this
>>> could be used for file transfer via a web site.
>>>
>>> Thanks for time and attention
>>> JK
>>
>> Can you describe what you want in terms of the user's experience?
>> What kind of files? Why can't you just use normal files in an http
>> directory?
>
>>
>> When you load a webpage, you are downloading a file via http. PHP
>> just gives you the ability to dynamically generate / alter that
>> file before it gets sent (downloaded). By setting the headers
>> appropriately, the page can tell the browser to interpret the
>> file as something other than
>> a regular webpage (e.g. an image). There are also headers that
>> tell the
>> browser to prompt the user to save the page, rather than trying to
>> display it. Is that what you were getting at?
>>
>> --Sean
>
>
> When a web page or a resource like an image or javascript file,
> or css file "downloads" it is rendered in the browser. It does
> not appear as a separate file written to the users system. What
> I am looking for is what might be described as the opposite of
> uploading a file.
>
> Thanks for responses
> JK
Is that you're after basically the lynx "-dump" option?
-dump dumps the formatted output of the default
document or those specified on the command
line to standard output. Unlike interactive
mode, all documents are processed. This can be
used in the following way:
lynx -dump http://www.subir.com/lynx.html
you can specify an output file if you don't want it spewed across
your screen.
There's also -source:
works the same as dump but outputs HTML
source instead of formatted text.
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