Insert,display and update word doc

[angela]

hi
I tried to insert word document into the mysql. I think i have done it. But how to display it on the webpage?

cheers
Angela

[Anon]

I'm pretty green when it comes to PHP, but I do know that newer versions of MS IE can display word documents in the browser if you have office installed on your computer, but all of the pages that I have seen do this end in a .doc extension.

I'm guessing you would have to have you web server parse all .doc files through PHP. You could then write a script which would select the correct entry from the mysql database and send it to the browser, using a script that ends in a .doc extension instead of .php. That way, the browser would think that it's being passed a word document.

[Anon]

Mark,

The only problem with that as far as I can see is if you wanted to (as in my case) offer the ability for a user to upload a word document. A hacker could easily create their own bogus word document with malicious code in it. It would therefore be interpreted by the PHP engine the next time it is requested and could do any amount of damage it pleases.

There has to be a way to shove this file contents out.

hmm....