collect html output of a php script and serve it as doc file

Question

How can i collect all the html content of a php page and save it into a doc file and then serve it to user with save prompt.

<?php
 ob_start();
 echo 'Hello World';
 file_put_contents('filename.doc', ob_get_contents());
 header('Content-type: application/msword'); 
 // serve filename.doc to user with a save promt.?????
 ob_end_flush();
 ?>

Note that what you are trying to do is not serving a real .doc file, but a HTML file masked as a doc. Results may vary. Other than that, it should be as easy as $data = ob_get_contents(); echo $data; — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 1:05
Just writing to a file with suffix .doc, doesn't make it a Word document! This could be interesting: webcheatsheet.com/php/create_word_excel_csv_files_with_php.php — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 1:05
@Felix well, it arguably is the only chance of getting a HTML structure into Word somehow without huge hassle — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 1:06
@Pekka: Maybe. Honestly, I have not much experience with that. — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 1:09

Furicane · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-14 01:08:14Z

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First off, it won't be a .doc file. You can't just put any kind of contents in a file, give it a file extension and hope it will work as a .doc file.

Second - you got it almost all right, up to the part where you need to read the file and force browser to download it. To do so, add this to your code (with necessary changes of course):

header('Content-Disposition: attachement;filename="put_filename_here.doc"');
header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');

readfile('/path/to/file.doc');

answered Mar 14, 2011 at 1:08

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Mohit Jain Over a year ago

thnks it worked.. :-) will accpt ur answer in next 3 mins :-)

Nate Crawford · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-14 01:13:31Z

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PHP DOCx is a free library for creating .docx files. http://www.phpdocx.com/

answered Mar 14, 2011 at 1:13

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Mohit Jain Over a year ago

Files generated by this doesnt supports mac microsoft office.. You can try their own provided examples. They will not open in microsoft office 2008 for mac.

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