Include() in combination with header()

mrcaveman

I'm trying to replace include() with a function, because it mess up the function header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=letter.doc");

I think I have to use the include() because of the security. I would not show database username and passwords inside the script.

Is there a way to replace the function include(), so I could use header(), or is there a way to use include() in combination with header()???

Anyone?!?

Kj.

superwormy

It would help if you said exactly what the inlude() function ' messed up '

Did you get a ' Cannot add headers ... ' error? Thats a different issue altogether.

header() and include() are two entirely different functions with two entirely different purposes... what are you trying to use each oen for...? Can you post your code?

mrcaveman

Sure.

This is the code:

<?
        include '../config/common_fns.php';
	if (!check_auth_user())
{
	header("Location: index.php");
}
	else
{
		if (isset($story))
		$s = get_letter_record($story);
	?>
		<html>
		<body>
	<?

header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=Standardbrev.doc");

$row = 1;
$handle = fopen ("c:\Report.csv","r");
and so on.....

It works fine with Windows, but when I upload it to a unix server, I get the error:

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/sysfrog/public_html/Totland/standardbrev/prove.php:14) in /home/sysfrog/public_html/Totland/standardbrev/prove.php on line 16

header(.... is line 16.

I have read the info. in the php.net manual and know it is caused by that header() must be called before any actual output is sent, and therefore the include() function at start ruins it.

Any suggestion on how to work around this problem.

My goal is to open an MS Word document with a specific letter loaded from a database.

Hope this clearifies it a bit.

Kj.

superwormy

Does the include()'d file actually need to output anything to the browser? It looks like its a config file to me, is it just strait PHP or does if have HTML that gets output.

Course you could always see PHP's output buffering,
http://www.php.net/ob_start

Buffer the output of the include file:

ob_start();

include ("file.html");
$contents = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();

Then decide whether ot not to either send the header, or to print the output:

print ($contents);

Hope that helsp!

mrcaveman

It certainly did.

Thanks a lot.

Kj.