Save as dialog using php/or html to fwrite in user choise

[m1ke4fun]

My doubt is how to open a dialog box(using html/php) to the user so that he can decide where the txt file (which will be created by the php fwrite) will be recorded and under what name.

[Ojoshiro]

Hi Mike,

What exactly do you mean with a dialog box?
The regular way to ask something from a user via HTML/PHP is via forms.

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<form action="getFilename.php" method="post" name="askaname">
Name for the generated file <input type="text" name="filename" value=""/><br/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send form"/>
</form>

And in the file 'getFilename.php' you do:

PHP Code: [Select]


<?php
if ( array_key_exists( 'filename', $_POST ) && $_POST['filename'] )
{   $filename = $_POST['filename'];
    if ( preg_match( '/\.php$/', $filename ) )
    {   echo "Sorry we don't accept '.php' files<br/>\n";
    } else
    {   // Here you open the file for writing, using the filename
    }
} else
{   echo "We need a filename to create this file with<br/>\n";    
}
?>


Does that help?
Good luck,

O.

[m1ke4fun]

I appreciate your answer, but my doubts were misplaced and functionality itself has changed.

Thank you for answer anyway, i would ask how delete this topic or how to report  moderator to delete this topic.

Thanks,

Michael