editing from php data

[rootvinz]

hi,

i'm writing a php application running on Linux and the last thing left is to export what was in the forms (let's say a name and an address) to an editor or rather a word processing program like StarOffice...
is this possible ?
thank you

[Anon]

Assuming you know the file format of the application you're exporting to, yes.

$output=fopen('outputfile.doc','w');

and use fwrite() to write out the document.

Text files, for instance, are pretty simple; for it to say:

name=Grumbler
height=180

would be something like
fwrite('name='.$HTTP_POST_VARS['name']);
fwrite('height='.$HTTP_POST_VARS['height']);

and fclose() when you're done.

But like I say, you have to know the file format you're exporting to. Everything depends on that.

Unless you want to get tricky - it may be possible to use the application itself in some fashion which I haven't the foggiest idea about - there is a PHPBuilder article involving something of the sort on Windows systems...