script for downloading word documents 1

[misslois74]

im currently working on a page that has a facility to include a word document in which it can be downloaded by the user or whoever visited the site...
i dont have any idea how to go about it.
hope you could help me with these...
thanks in advance...

 

[vacunita]

A link to the location of the word document is usually the way to go:

<a href="path/to/word/file.doc"> Download Word Doc</a>


If I'm misunderstanding perhaps you can explain further what it is you want.




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[misslois74]

im including an application form on the page in which i would want the user to have the option to download that document file for filling up and printing purpose....

 

[vacunita]

If you have the form in word format prior to this, use a link. If you want to dynamically generate the Word document, which I find a little pointless unless the Application form changes with each user, there a few things you can do.

You can use fopen and fwrite to write the HTMl directly into a file and give it a doc extension:

$htmlstring="<table border='2'><tr><td>Field 1</td><td>Field 2</td></tr><td><input type=text name='textbox1'></td><td><input type=text name='textbox2'></td></tr></td>";

$doc=fopen("worddoc.doc","w");

fwrite($doc,$htmlstring);

fclose($doc);

Or use COM class to instantiate Word and generate a true Word document.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.com.php

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Phil AKA Vacunita
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[misslois74]

thanks a lot for the help
i appreciate it a lot....