Save File Automatically

[Jay]

Hey there,
Is there a way to have php automatically save a file that is being
downloaded without having the annoying "Save As.." dialog box that
appears? I would like to be able to create a txt file on the server and
automatically have it save in a user's specified folder.
-Jay
(patel at cs dot utk dot edu)

[Colin McKinnon]

Re: Save File Automatically

Jay wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hey there,
> Is there a way to have php automatically save a file that is being
> downloaded without having the annoying "Save As.." dialog box that
> appears? I would like to be able to create a txt file on the server and
> automatically have it save in a user's specified folder.
> -Jay
> (patel at cs dot utk dot edu)[/color]

no - PHP is serverside. Where / how the browser stores files is client side.

C.

[Malcolm Dew-Jones]

Re: Save File Automatically

Jay (patel@cs.utk.e du) wrote:
: Hey there,
: Is there a way to have php automatically save a file that is being
: downloaded without having the annoying "Save As.." dialog box that
: appears? I would like to be able to create a txt file on the server and
: automatically have it save in a user's specified folder.
: -Jay
: (patel at cs dot utk dot edu)

Of course not. Otherwise every hacker/spammer/virus-producer would have
destroyed all our computers years ago.

You can suggest a name for a download file. You can send a zip file and
then unzipping it can save and restore paths (and sets of files), or
provide an install program that the user can run that does anything you
want (if they choose to run it). In a closed environment (i.e. the local
LAN in an office) you could use a plug-in that the users would have to
install that could allow this sort of thing (I have read of them but have
no names to suggest).

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[Default User]

Re: Save File Automatically

Jay wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hey there,
> Is there a way to have php automatically save a file that is being
> downloaded without having the annoying "Save As.." dialog box that
> appears? I would like to be able to create a txt file on the server
> and automatically have it save in a user's specified folder.[/color]


Why? People tend not to like that sort of thing.




Brian