How to create a dynamic link in a RTF document

[BLob]

Hi,

I need to create an RTF document with PHP. Actually, I am using an already
created RTF document which with strings like %var% that I replace with $var
before sending the document. I need to create a link like
http://www.example.com/id_content=125 but my problem is that in the document
produced :

I can read http://www.example.com/id_content=125
But if I click on the link it goes to
http://www.example.com/id_content=%id_content%

Does anyone have the syntax on how to create links in RTF ?

Thanks

BLob

[Andy Jeffries]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:12:31 +0200, BLob wrote:

I need to create an RTF document with PHP. Actually, I am using an already
created RTF document which with strings like %var% that I replace with
$var before sending the document. I need to create a link like
http://www.example.com/id_content=125 but my problem is that in the
document produced :

I can read http://www.example.com/id_content=125 But if I click on the
link it goes to http://www.example.com/id_content=%id_content%

Does anyone have the syntax on how to create links in RTF ?

There's either something wrong with your replacing code (it's not
replacing all occurrences) or RTF files encode links differently. RTF
files are text files, try opening it and searching for "id_content =" to
see how the link is formatted.

Post both here for more help...
AJ
--
Andy Jeffries MBCS CITP ZCE | gPHPEdit Lead Developer
http://www.gphpedit.org | PHP editor for Gnome 2
http://www.andyjeffries.co.uk | Personal site and photos

[BLob]

> There's either something wrong with your replacing code (it's not

replacing all occurrences) or RTF files encode links differently. RTF
files are text files, try opening it and searching for "id_content =" to
see how the link is formatted.
It does replace all the occurences of the %id_content%, but the link still
does not work. There is something strange in the part of the RTF file
dedicated to the link.
Post both here for more help...

1. Here is what I wrote in the file :
A replacing test : id_link=%id_lin k%

The same in a link : http://www.example.com?id_link=%id_link%

2. Here is the RTF file (save as ... RTF using Word 2000) :

{\rtf1\ansi\ans icpg1252\uc1
\deff0\deflang1 036\deflangfe10 36{\fonttbl{\f0 \froman\fcharse t0\fprq2{\*\pan o
se 020206030504050 20304}Times New Roman;}{\f28\fr oman\fcharset23 8\fprq2
Times New Roman CE;}{\f29\froma n\fcharset204\f prq2 Times New Roman Cyr;}
{\f31\froman\fc harset161\fprq2 Times New Roman
Greek;}{\f32\fr oman\fcharset16 2\fprq2 Times New Roman
Tur;}{\f33\from an\fcharset177\ fprq2 Times New Roman
(Hebrew);}{\f34 \froman\fcharse t178\fprq2 Times New Roman (Arabic);}
{\f35\froman\fc harset186\fprq2 Times New Roman
Baltic;}}{\colo rtbl;\red0\gree n0\blue0;\red0\ green0\blue255; \red0\green255\ b
lue255;\red0\gr een255\blue0;\r ed255\green0\bl ue255;\red255\g reen0\blue0;\re d
255\green255\bl ue0;\red255\gre en255\blue255;
\red0\green0\bl ue128;\red0\gre en128\blue128;\ red0\green128\b lue0;\red128\gr e
en0\blue128;\re d128\green0\blu e0;\red128\gree n128\blue0;\red 128\green128\bl u
e128;\red192\gr een192\blue192; }{\stylesheet{
\ql \li0\ri0\widctl par\aspalpha\as pnum\faauto\adj ustright\rin0\l in0\itap0
\fs24\lang1036\ langfe1036\cgri d\langnp1036\la ngfenp1036 \snext0
Normal;}{\*\cs1 0 \additive Default Paragraph Font;}{\*\cs15 \additive
\ul\cf2 \sbasedon10 Hyperlink;}}{\i nfo
{\title A replacing test : id_link=%id_lin k%}{\author Lomitko}{\opera tor
Lomitko}{\creat im\yr2006\mo3\d y30\hr9\min45}{ \revtim\yr2006\ mo3\dy30\hr9\mi n
46}{\version1}{ \edmins1}{\nofp ages1}{\nofword s0}{\nofchars0} {\*\company
bodka}{\nofchar sws0}{\vern8269 }}
\paperw11906\pa perh16838\margl 1417\margr1417\ margt1417\margb 1417
\deftab708\wido wctrl\ftnbj\aen ddoc\hyphhotz42 5\noxlattoyen\e xpshrtn\noultrl s
pc\dntblnsbdb\n ospaceforul\for mshade\horzdoc\ dgmargin\dghspa ce180\dgvspace1 8
0\dghorigin1417 \dgvorigin1417\ dghshow1
\dgvshow1\jexpa nd\viewkind1\vi ewscale100\pgbr drhead\pgbrdrfo ot\splytwnine\f t
nlytwnine\htmau tsp\nolnhtadjtb l\useltbaln\aln tblind\lytcalct blwd\lyttblrtgr \
lnbrkrule \fet0\sectd
\linex0\headery 708\footery708\ colsx708\endnhe re\sectlinegrid 360\sectdefault c
l
{\*\pnseclvl1\p nucrm\pnstart1\ pnindent720\pnh ang{\pntxta
..}}{\*\pnseclv l2\pnucltr\pnst art1\pnindent72 0\pnhang{\pntxt a
..}}{\*\pnseclv l3\pndec\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxta
..}}{\*\pnseclv l4\pnlcltr\pnst art1\pnindent72 0\pnhang{\pntxt a )}}{\*\pnseclvl
5
\pndec\pnstart1 \pnindent720\pn hang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 6\pnlcltr\pnsta rt1\pnindent720 \pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 7\pnlcrm\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 8\pnlcltr\pnsta rt1\pnindent720 \pnhang
{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 9\pnlcrm\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}\pard\plain \ql
\li0\ri0\widctl par\aspalpha\as pnum\faauto\adj ustright\rin0\l in0\itap0
\fs24\lang1036\ langfe1036\cgri d\langnp1036\la ngfenp1036 {
\lang1033\langf e1036\langnp103 3 A replacing test : id_link=%id_lin k%
\par
\par The same in a link : }{\field{\*\fld inst
{\lang1033\lang fe1036\langnp10 33 HYPERLINK
"http://www.example.com ?id_link=%id_li nk%" }{\lang1033\lan gfe1036\langnp1 033
{\*\datafield
00d0c9ea79f9bac e118c8200aa004b a90b02000000170 000002900000068 007400740070003 a
002f002f0077007 70077002e006500 780061006d00700 06c0065002e0063 006f006d003f006 9
0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 06c0069006e006b 0025000000e0c9e a
79f9bace118c820 0aa004ba90b
540000006800740 0740070003a002f 002f00770077007 7002e0065007800 61006d0070006c0 0
65002e0063006f0 06d002f003f0069 0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 0
6c0069006e006b0 025000000}}}{\f ldrslt
{\cs15\ul\cf2\l ang1033\langfe1 036\langnp1033
http://www.example.com ?id_link=%id_li nk%}}}{\lang103 3\langfe1036\la ngnp1033
\par
\par }}

3. Here is the "interprete d file" :

{\rtf1\ansi\ans icpg1252\uc1
\deff0\deflang1 036\deflangfe10 36{\fonttbl{\f0 \froman\fcharse t0\fprq2{\*\pan o
se 020206030504050 20304}Times New Roman;}{\f28\fr oman\fcharset23 8\fprq2
Times New Roman CE;}{\f29\froma n\fcharset204\f prq2 Times New Roman Cyr;}
{\f31\froman\fc harset161\fprq2 Times New Roman
Greek;}{\f32\fr oman\fcharset16 2\fprq2 Times New Roman
Tur;}{\f33\from an\fcharset177\ fprq2 Times New Roman
(Hebrew);}{\f34 \froman\fcharse t178\fprq2 Times New Roman (Arabic);}
{\f35\froman\fc harset186\fprq2 Times New Roman
Baltic;}}{\colo rtbl;\red0\gree n0\blue0;\red0\ green0\blue255; \red0\green255\ b
lue255;\red0\gr een255\blue0;\r ed255\green0\bl ue255;\red255\g reen0\blue0;\re d
255\green255\bl ue0;\red255\gre en255\blue255;
\red0\green0\bl ue128;\red0\gre en128\blue128;\ red0\green128\b lue0;\red128\gr e
en0\blue128;\re d128\green0\blu e0;\red128\gree n128\blue0;\red 128\green128\bl u
e128;\red192\gr een192\blue192; }{\stylesheet{
\ql \li0\ri0\widctl par\aspalpha\as pnum\faauto\adj ustright\rin0\l in0\itap0
\fs24\lang1036\ langfe1036\cgri d\langnp1036\la ngfenp1036 \snext0
Normal;}{\*\cs1 0 \additive Default Paragraph Font;}{\*\cs15 \additive
\ul\cf2 \sbasedon10 Hyperlink;}}{\i nfo
{\title A replacing test : id_link=123456} {\author Lomitko}{\opera tor
Lomitko}{\creat im\yr2006\mo3\d y30\hr9\min45}{ \revtim\yr2006\ mo3\dy30\hr9\mi n
46}{\version1}{ \edmins1}{\nofp ages1}{\nofword s0}{\nofchars0} {\*\company
bodka}{\nofchar sws0}{\vern8269 }}
\paperw11906\pa perh16838\margl 1417\margr1417\ margt1417\margb 1417
\deftab708\wido wctrl\ftnbj\aen ddoc\hyphhotz42 5\noxlattoyen\e xpshrtn\noultrl s
pc\dntblnsbdb\n ospaceforul\for mshade\horzdoc\ dgmargin\dghspa ce180\dgvspace1 8
0\dghorigin1417 \dgvorigin1417\ dghshow1
\dgvshow1\jexpa nd\viewkind1\vi ewscale100\pgbr drhead\pgbrdrfo ot\splytwnine\f t
nlytwnine\htmau tsp\nolnhtadjtb l\useltbaln\aln tblind\lytcalct blwd\lyttblrtgr \
lnbrkrule \fet0\sectd
\linex0\headery 708\footery708\ colsx708\endnhe re\sectlinegrid 360\sectdefault c
l
{\*\pnseclvl1\p nucrm\pnstart1\ pnindent720\pnh ang{\pntxta
..}}{\*\pnseclv l2\pnucltr\pnst art1\pnindent72 0\pnhang{\pntxt a
..}}{\*\pnseclv l3\pndec\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxta
..}}{\*\pnseclv l4\pnlcltr\pnst art1\pnindent72 0\pnhang{\pntxt a )}}{\*\pnseclvl
5
\pndec\pnstart1 \pnindent720\pn hang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 6\pnlcltr\pnsta rt1\pnindent720 \pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 7\pnlcrm\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 8\pnlcltr\pnsta rt1\pnindent720 \pnhang
{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl 9\pnlcrm\pnstar t1\pnindent720\ pnhang{\pntxtb
(}{\pntxta )}}\pard\plain \ql
\li0\ri0\widctl par\aspalpha\as pnum\faauto\adj ustright\rin0\l in0\itap0
\fs24\lang1036\ langfe1036\cgri d\langnp1036\la ngfenp1036 {
\lang1033\langf e1036\langnp103 3 A replacing test : id_link=123456
\par
\par The same in a link : }{\field{\*\fld inst
{\lang1033\lang fe1036\langnp10 33 HYPERLINK
"http://www.example.com ?id_link=123456 " }{\lang1033\lan gfe1036\langnp1 033
{\*\datafield
00d0c9ea79f9bac e118c8200aa004b a90b02000000170 000002900000068 007400740070003 a
002f002f0077007 70077002e006500 780061006d00700 06c0065002e0063 006f006d003f006 9
0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 06c0069006e006b 0025000000e0c9e a
79f9bace118c820 0aa004ba90b
540000006800740 0740070003a002f 002f00770077007 7002e0065007800 61006d0070006c0 0
65002e0063006f0 06d002f003f0069 0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 0
6c0069006e006b0 025000000}}}{\f ldrslt
{\cs15\ul\cf2\l ang1033\langfe1 036\langnp1033
http://www.example.com ?id_link=123456 }}}{\lang1033\l angfe1036\langn p1033
\par
\par }}

4. When I open the interpreted file in Word I see :

A replacing test : id_link=123456

The same in a link : http://www.example.com?id_link=123456

But the link goes to http://www.example.com/?id_link=%id_link%



Any idea ?

BLob

[Andy Jeffries]

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:52:35 +0200, BLob wrote:

There's either something wrong with your replacing code (it's not
replacing all occurrences) or RTF files encode links differently. RTF
files are text files, try opening it and searching for "id_content =" to
see how the link is formatted.
It does replace all the occurences of the %id_content%, but the link still
does not work. There is something strange in the part of the RTF file
dedicated to the link.

Post both here for more help...

2. Here is the RTF file (save as ... RTF using Word 2000) :

<snip stuff that wasn't necessary...>
{\lang1033\lang fe1036\langnp10 33 HYPERLINK
"http://www.example.com ?id_link=%id_li nk%"
}{\lang1033\lan gfe1036\langnp1 033 {\*\datafield
00d0c9ea79f9bac e118c8200aa004b a90b02000000170 000002900000068 007400740070003 a
002f002f0077007 70077002e006500 780061006d00700 06c0065002e0063 006f006d003f006 9
0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 06c0069006e006b 0025000000e0c9e a
79f9bace118c820 0aa004ba90b
540000006800740 0740070003a002f 002f00770077007 7002e0065007800 61006d0070006c0 0
65002e0063006f0 06d002f003f0069 0064005f006c006 9006e006b003d00 2500690064005f0 0
6c0069006e006b0 025000000}}}{\f ldrslt
{\cs15\ul\cf2\l ang1033\langfe1 036\langnp1033
http://www.example.com ?id_link=%id_li nk%}}}{\lang103 3\langfe1036\la ngnp1033
\par
\par }}

OK, you can see two clear text versions of %id_link% and both of them get
replaced. So my next starting point was that big block of hex data in
between. Noticing there's a whole lot of double zeros in there it seems
likely that they're using 4 hex digits to encode a char.

Looking up the chars at http://www.lookuptables.com/ and writing the
hex chars out as four digit numbers gives me this string:

002500690064005 f006c0069006e00 6b0025

That string appears twice within the datafield. I haven't tried it, but
I'd say give it a second str_replace and use that as the field to replace
(but remember to convert your ID in to 4-digit hex numbers.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Andy
--
Andy Jeffries MBCS CITP ZCE | gPHPEdit Lead Developer
http://www.gphpedit.org | PHP editor for Gnome 2
http://www.andyjeffries.co.uk | Personal site and photos

[BLob]

> OK, you can see two clear text versions of %id_link% and both of them get

replaced. So my next starting point was that big block of hex data in
between. Noticing there's a whole lot of double zeros in there it seems
likely that they're using 4 hex digits to encode a char.
OK
Looking up the chars at http://www.lookuptables.com/ and writing the
hex chars out as four digit numbers gives me this string:

002500690064005 f006c0069006e00 6b0025

That string appears twice within the datafield. I haven't tried it, but
I'd say give it a second str_replace and use that as the field to replace
(but remember to convert your ID in to 4-digit hex numbers.

Hope that helps.

Well it might help. I will try that in a little bit (have something more
urgent to do).
I will post the result here.

BLob