Create text file and download

[Simon Rigby]

Hi folks,

Excuse if this has been asked before, and by all means just point me at
a thread if thats a suitable response.

I have a mySql database which I am running various queries against. Can
anyone suggest a way of creating a text file which is downloaded to the
user. In particuar is there a way of doing this without creating the
file on the server. In other words create it as a temp file as such and
then download that.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks in advance

[Sjoerd]

Simon Rigby wrote:

Can
anyone suggest a way of creating a text file which is downloaded to the
user.

Output plain text and use header() to set the following headers:
Content-type: text/plain
Content-disposition: attachment; filename=myfile.txt

[strawberry]

a text file of what?

Simon Rigby wrote:

Hi folks,

Excuse if this has been asked before, and by all means just point me at
a thread if thats a suitable response.

I have a mySql database which I am running various queries against. Can
anyone suggest a way of creating a text file which is downloaded to the
user. In particuar is there a way of doing this without creating the
file on the server. In other words create it as a temp file as such and
then download that.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks in advance

[Simon Rigby]

Many Thanks

Sjoerd wrote:

Simon Rigby wrote:

Can
anyone suggest a way of creating a text file which is downloaded to the
user.

Output plain text and use header() to set the following headers:
Content-type: text/plain
Content-disposition: attachment; filename=myfile.txt