Re: Printing to a buffer

Because this was just a test of what will be many "print" lines. The original application used a file to hold the data and upon request by the user, it was emailed. But with my client's shared server, files cannot be opened...a pain. If you have a better solution, I am open to other ideas. Todd M. Sokolewicz wrote:

call me stupid, but why don't you do it like this: $buf = "This is a test<br>"; header("Content-type: text/plain"); header("Content-Length: ".strlen($buf)); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=sfyc.html"); echo $buf; ?? looks easier to me... no output buffering required... Todd Cary wrote:

Just before the police knocked at my door, I made a few changes! <? ob_start(); print "This is a test<br>"; $buf = ob_get_contents(); $len = strlen($buf); ob_end_clean(); header("Content-type: text/plain"); header("Content-Length: $len"); header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=sfyc.html"); print($buf); ?> Todd Marcus Bointon wrote:

On 13 Nov 2005, at 19:27, Jasper Bryant-Greene wrote:

Many thanks! I did not know that MIME-Type. Change duly made!

You're not suggesting that you actually set the MIME-Type to application/force-download, are you?

I think he is. I've called the MIME-type police and they'll be round later. Todd, I think you should read this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/ q260519/ There's a PHP example just before the user notes here: http:// www.php.net/header Marcus