Help with Figuring out PHP Equiv of ASP Function

big_nerd

I am attempting to use PHP with SoftArtisan's MS Word Doc Writer.

I have it SAVING the file just fine, but I can't get it to output for a "Save As" Dialog box in PHP.

Here is the working code:

<?php

$name = "big.nerd";
$ext = "1234";
$usd = "$29.90";
$cad = "$36.22";
$notes = "These are\n\nNotes";
$item = "12345";
$desc = "This is the Item Description";


$namesarr = Array("Name", "Ext","Usd","Cad","Notes","Item","Desc","DateTime");
$valuesarr = Array($name, $ext, $usd, $cad, $notes, $item, $desc, date("M d, Y"));

$handle = new COM("SoftArtisans.WordTemplate") or die("Unable to instanciate Word Class");

$path_only = implode("/", (explode('/', $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"], -1)));
$handle->Open($path_only."/PriceUpdate.doc");
$handle->SetDataSource($valuesarr, $namesarr);
$handle->Process;
$handle->Save("$path_only/BasicGenerated.doc", false);
echo "File Successfully created. <a href=\"./BasicGenerated.doc\">BasicGenerated.doc</a>";
?>

The Part that I can not figure out is "Save". The ASP Code is:

WordTempl.Save Response, "BasicGenerated.doc", False
' Or
' WordTempl.Save Page.Response, "BasicGenerated.Doc", False

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Horizon88

Does the application have write permissions in that directory?

big_nerd

Horizon88,

Yes, it does. The Save file works perfectly. Perhaps I was unclear.

When you use the ASP Method I had shown, it doesn't save the file locally, it just outputs it, you get the Save File Dialog, and you can save it.

The PHP method listed will save the file. I can still work with that, by opening the file and streaming it, but I don't want to do that, I would rather leave it nice and clean (if possible).

Perhaps I will just write a class for it, to save the file in a tempdir, and stream it, but it is so much quicker to use the function that already exists.

The issue is I am horrible at ASP. I only know enough to read it so that I can write the equivalant PHP function in it, except for this - of course.

Thanks though..

Horizon88

Oh, sorry. I get what you mean now.

You'll want to use header() to force a download, if I understand you correctly this time.

Something like:

header('Content-type: text/plain');
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jun 1989 07:00:00 GMT");
header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename="yourfile.doc"');
echo $contentsOfYourFile;
die();

big_nerd

Horizon88,

Yes, this does help a little bit.

I was trying to avoid it, the "Response" or "Page.Response" is being passed as an argument.

Unless I hear something else I will use your methods and write a class to handle it.

Regards,