How to fetch data as TEXT file?

[curioadmin]

Dear Members,

I am a newbie.

I want to fetch data from MySQL from a field as a downloadable file [a simple text file] when a link is clicked. How do I do this?

Thanks in advance

[curioadmin]

[leatherback]

When generating the output, set the headers to be a file:

// We maken een bestand aan
header("Content-type: application/txt");

// Met datum in de naam
$filename = "Files_Manage_dow_".date("F_j_Y").".txt";
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");

[curioadmin]

Sorry I don't know how to use the header code. I read the manual, but I can't understnad. Here is the way I have the link

<a href=\"$data\" target=\"_blank\">Download as File</a>

$data is fetched from MySQL.

How do I use the header function here?

leatherback wrote:

When generating the output, set the headers to be a file:

// We maken een bestand aan
header("Content-type: application/txt");

// Met datum in de naam
$filename = "Files_Manage_dow_".date("F_j_Y").".txt";
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");

[leatherback]

edxactly as I showed you.

header("Content-type: application/txt");

// CReate filename
$filename = "Files_Manage_dow_".date("F_j_Y").".txt";
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");

echo $data;

exit();

[curioadmin]

Thanks for the great help..!

leatherback wrote:

edxactly as I showed you.

header("Content-type: application/txt");

// CReate filename
$filename = "Files_Manage_dow_".date("F_j_Y").".txt";
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");

echo $data;

exit();